KP141- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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Class, race, gender (all play a role) Using spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) instan(cid:272)es is (cid:862)photographi(cid:272)(cid:863) approa(cid:272)h (okay, (cid:271)ut not great too specific) Reconstruction works on the basis that they can discover the past as it really was. Both reconstructionist and constructionists believe that empirical evidence is the ultimate historical knowledge. Not all reconstructionist are averse to theory however. Constructionists claim theory is fundamental for: range and volume of evidence, theory brings relations together, patterns often involve abstract thinking. Explanatory paradigms: traditional narrative (story telling, advocacy, comparing, causation, social change, context, new culture. Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it. Play: born with the desire to play (intrinsically motivated, temporary suspension of reality. Sport: physical activity with prowess and skill, strategy is involved as is competition, chance for fun. Interpretive history uses evidence while trying to explain: modernization/relation, urbanization/industrialization. Philosophy: love of wisdom, philosophy and religion and science have common assumptions and starting points.
