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Striving for objectivity: Westernization, nationalization, or ideologicalization of history |
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Authors: |
Vogli, Elpida |
Reviewer: |
Sakkas, Ioannis |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORIOGRAPHY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORICAL CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORIANS |
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Abstract: |
The value of history is not synonymous with historians' ability to reproduce "truths" or to be "objective," since it is rather impossible to define what "truth" and "objectivity" mean for most—if not all—sciences. Particularly in the case of history, its connection with the power of nations, its ideological uses, but also its contemporaneity, have widely accepted the view that the historical truths produced presuppose the assumed objectivity of historians. These issues are examined here through examples that illustrate how, for instance, the causes of the First or Second World War are presented, or the role of the parties in one or the other war in international or national history. At the same time, the relationship between collective memory and history is discussed, as well as the role of entities within a national state in the production of national history.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Tromara, Sofia |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3831 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Vogli, E. (2015). Striving for objectivity: Westernization, nationalization, or ideologicalization of history [Chapter]. In Vogli, E. 2015. What should historians know about their science and profession? [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/3831 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
What should historians know about their science and profession? |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |