chapter 1 Historiography : Development in the West
Historiography : Development in the West
- Bakhar is an important type of historical documents Bakhars are an important source of history because they are Marathi prose narratives that describe historical events, battles and the lives... 1
- What is historiography? Historiography is the method of writing history: the critical study of sources and the way history is researched, analysed and presented. Wr... 1
- Explain Leopold von Ranké’s perspective of history? Leopold von Ranke put emphasis on the utmost importance of information gathered through original documents. He also stated that all types of... 1
- What is feminist historiography? Feminist historiography means the restructuring of the history from the perspective of women. The feminist historiography emphasised not onl... 1
- What are the four characteristics of modern historiography ? Following are the four characteristics of modern historiography: Its method is based on scientific principles. It begins with the formation... 1
- Explain Karl Marx’s ‘Class Theory’. Human relationships are shaped by the fundamental needs of people and the ownership as well as nature of prevalent means of production to me... 1
- 4. Complete the concept chart. Notable Scholars in Europe Notable Scholars in Europe : René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who is widely regarded as the founder of modern Weste... 1
- Foucault called his method, ‘the archaeology of knowledge’. Foucault , in his book, ‘Archaeology of Knowledge’, argued that the prevailing practice of arranging historical events in a chronological or... 1
- Historical research was driven to focus in depth on various aspects of women’s life. The writings of Simone-de-Beauvoir helped in establishing the fundamentals of feminism. The feminist historiography emphasised not only on t... 1
- Explain the following concepts. Annales School At the onset of the twentieth century a new school of historiography arose in France, which is known as ‘Annales School’. Annales school gav... 1
- Explain the following concepts. Dialectics According to Hegel, grasping the meaning of any event happens in terms of two direct opposites. In order to understand the true nature of a... 1
- (B) Identify the wrong pair in the following, correct it and rewrite. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel – ‘Reason in History’ Wrong Pair : Karl Marx – Discourse on the Method. Correct Statement : Discourse on the Method was written by Rene’ Descartes. 1
- (A) Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the sentences. (1) It may be said that (1) It may be said that ……………… was the founder of modern historiography. (a) Voltaire (b) René Descartes (c) Leopold Ranké (d) Karl Marx Ans... 1