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Single Idea 5286
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history
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Full Idea
Most historians see in history just the political actions of princes and states, religious and all sorts of theoretical struggles, and in particular in each historical epoch have had to share the illusion of that epoch.
Gist of Idea
Most historians are trapped in the illusions of their own epoch
Source
K Marx / F Engels (The German Ideology [1846], §1.B)
Book Ref
Marx,K./Engels,F.: 'The German Ideology', ed/tr. Arthur,C.J. [Lawrence and Wishart 1985], p.60
A Reaction
Is it an illusion of our epoch that we share the illusions of our epoch? It seems unfair to say that Marx and Engels can see beyond the illusions of their epoch, but some historian writing about the Wars of the Roses can't. Princes were important.
The
19 ideas
with the same theme
[ideas about the study and teaching of history]:
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1866
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It is heresy to teach that history repeats every 36,000 years
[Anon (Par)]
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19593
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Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history
[Novalis]
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23270
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We should all agree that there is reason in history
[Hegel]
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21987
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History is the progress of the consciousness of freedom
[Hegel]
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5279
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Human history must always be studied in relation to industry and exchange
[Marx/Engels]
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5286
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Most historians are trapped in the illusions of their own epoch
[Marx/Engels]
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5301
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The history of all existing society is the history of class struggles
[Marx/Engels]
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20261
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History does not concern what really happened, but supposed events, which have all the influence
[Nietzsche]
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24095
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Our growth is too subtle to perceive, and long events are too slow for us to grasp
[Nietzsche]
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24128
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After history following God, or a people, or an idea, we now see it in terms of animals
[Nietzsche]
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14883
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We should evaluate the past morally
[Nietzsche]
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23873
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Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous
[Weil]
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19605
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Despite endless suggestions, no one has found a goal for history
[Cioran]
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19637
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History is wonderfully devoid of meaning
[Cioran]
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15039
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History lacks 'meaning', but it can be analysed in terms of its struggles
[Foucault]
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7979
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The arrival of the news media brought history to an end
[Baudrillard]
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22819
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In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical
[Hösle]
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20675
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The more you know about history, the harder it becomes to explain
[Harari]
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20676
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History teaches us that the present was not inevitable, and shows us the possibilities
[Harari]
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