In the book Carr emphases on the role that the society plays by establishing the method for historians and the interpretation they have of historical facts. He starts by emphasizing the way in which each individual is shaped by society from birth, which implies that everyone is a "social phenomenon". He declares that this "very obvious truth" has been buried by the "cult of individualism" – the idea of the individual being completely separate from the society – which developed in western thought with the increase of classical liberalism. He agrees that this "cult of individualism" is an unavoidable by-product of "advancing civilization" but however it is considered as illogical.
Similarly, Carr reasoned that no individual is really free of
Similarly, Carr reasoned that no individual is really free of