HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Determinism, Commodification, Social Fact

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Students can identify and clarify the differences between the historical and social sciences (tut 1) Students can define modernisation and they can critically evaluate the normative character of the concept (tut 2) Students can explain why the social sciences emerged during the nineteenth century as the result of specific historical developments (tut 3) Looking at a societal or historical problem from all different angles and perspectives. We can"t see the meaning of the whole if we reduce to one part. French revolution: combination of social, economic, cultural, political factors. All need to come together to explain the. Studying a societal or historical problem from one particular angle or perspective very carefully. Sum of the parts equals the whole. French revolution: having several studies, looking at each part of the. The present is the outcome of different historical decisions and specific contextual evolutions.