2. DISCRIPTION OF ITS, USE THE LITERATURE TO SUPPORT YOUR WRITING
DEFINITION:
Historicism is a mode of thinking that assigns a central and basic significance to a specific context, such as historical period, geographical place and local culture.
As such it is in contrast to individualist theories of knowledge’s such asempiricism and rationalism, which neglect the role of traditions.Historicism therefore tends to be hermeneutical, because it places great importance on cautious, rigorous and contextualized interpretation of information, orrelativist, because it rejects notions of universal, fundamental and immutable interpretations.
The term has developed different and divergent, though loosely related, meanings. Elements of historicism appear …show more content…
One can find echoes of Hegel's logic, Hegel's philosophy of history and Hegel's analysis of the modern society (like alienation, abstract work).
ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS PERSPECTIVE AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES.
ADVANTAGE
• Distantiation: The process of putting the past at a distance from the presents has been the hallmark of historical work in modernity and so is central to what has been called historicism.
Example: The people who have experience an event and bear witness to it have come to be regarded as the most authentic bearers of truth about the past. Their account is increasingly received by many as a substitute for the history of the professional historians who seek to record and explain a past event.
• Another advantage is that, New Historicism’s view of power, is not exclusively as class-related but extending throughout society.
For example, those who try to say that this is a Christian civilization and that it should teach its outlook and values to the young are robustly countered by those who say it is a liberal civilization and should be careful not to impose …show more content…
Kuhn argued that theories and knowledge should be understood within their historical contexts (Rodriguez &Kotarba, 2009). Historicism falls into the paradigm of perceived view. The notion of perceived view is based on the belief that facts and principals are embedded in history or cultural settings (Giuliano, Tyer-Viola, & Lopez, 2005). In addition, historicism argues that the influence of science history guides scientific progress (Giuliano, Tyer-Viola, & Lopez,
DEFINITION:
Historicism is a mode of thinking that assigns a central and basic significance to a specific context, such as historical period, geographical place and local culture.
As such it is in contrast to individualist theories of knowledge’s such asempiricism and rationalism, which neglect the role of traditions.Historicism therefore tends to be hermeneutical, because it places great importance on cautious, rigorous and contextualized interpretation of information, orrelativist, because it rejects notions of universal, fundamental and immutable interpretations.
The term has developed different and divergent, though loosely related, meanings. Elements of historicism appear …show more content…
One can find echoes of Hegel's logic, Hegel's philosophy of history and Hegel's analysis of the modern society (like alienation, abstract work).
ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS PERSPECTIVE AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES.
ADVANTAGE
• Distantiation: The process of putting the past at a distance from the presents has been the hallmark of historical work in modernity and so is central to what has been called historicism.
Example: The people who have experience an event and bear witness to it have come to be regarded as the most authentic bearers of truth about the past. Their account is increasingly received by many as a substitute for the history of the professional historians who seek to record and explain a past event.
• Another advantage is that, New Historicism’s view of power, is not exclusively as class-related but extending throughout society.
For example, those who try to say that this is a Christian civilization and that it should teach its outlook and values to the young are robustly countered by those who say it is a liberal civilization and should be careful not to impose …show more content…
Kuhn argued that theories and knowledge should be understood within their historical contexts (Rodriguez &Kotarba, 2009). Historicism falls into the paradigm of perceived view. The notion of perceived view is based on the belief that facts and principals are embedded in history or cultural settings (Giuliano, Tyer-Viola, & Lopez, 2005). In addition, historicism argues that the influence of science history guides scientific progress (Giuliano, Tyer-Viola, & Lopez,