HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Universal History, Teleology, World History
5 Dec 2020
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History study of the past + changes in the past. Agency: people do things at particular places and times (wilful behaviour) The past may be over, but its history itself changes over time" increase in insight. Concepts of history: historicism: each period in history has its own unique beliefs and values and is best understood only in its own historical context. Look at the time, circumstances and contexts. Step in other people shoes: metahistory: discovering an all-encompassing meaning in history. History as progress (hegel: how to be better as a generation. Comprises objectivity: historiography: the study of the writing of history. Interpretation of the past, which changes over time. Thoughts on particular events changes over time: look at the cold war (first only the soviet union was the bad guy, but now also the us is). 3 predominant patterns: increase in complexity over the course of 13. 7 billion years, collective learning, control over bio-spheric resources.
