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Does this picture represent determinism? What school of history do you think it represent?
Due to the Lockdown I can no longer stand on the coastline and yell
obscenities towards France
I've had to resort to E-mailing the french embassy videos of me smashing cheese with a hammer.
Transcribed Image Text:Due to the Lockdown I can no longer stand on the coastline and yell obscenities towards France I've had to resort to E-mailing the french embassy videos of me smashing cheese with a hammer.
Historian/School of
Theory
History
Great Individuals Theory:
Great Individuals determine the course of history
Great Man Theory of history
Determinism:
Ideas and forces shape history (eg. American Revolution
and democracy)
History as dialectic
For every old idea, there is a new one that conflicts with it
(thesis, antithesis)
New ideas are created out of this conflict (synthesis)
History is the product of this conflict
The Dialectic:
The Marxist Dialectic:
History as a product of class struggle
Conflict between old ruling class and newer labour class
Radical School of History
History written by the victors for the benefit of the
rulers/ruling class
History as 'myth-making' or propaganda
Geographic Determinism:
History determined by geography
Critical Theory
Approaches history from the belief that all history is the
history of oppressors and the oppressed (Marxist)
Does not approach history objectively or neutrally; critiques
history to challenge existing power structures in order to
change society
Transcribed Image Text:Historian/School of Theory History Great Individuals Theory: Great Individuals determine the course of history Great Man Theory of history Determinism: Ideas and forces shape history (eg. American Revolution and democracy) History as dialectic For every old idea, there is a new one that conflicts with it (thesis, antithesis) New ideas are created out of this conflict (synthesis) History is the product of this conflict The Dialectic: The Marxist Dialectic: History as a product of class struggle Conflict between old ruling class and newer labour class Radical School of History History written by the victors for the benefit of the rulers/ruling class History as 'myth-making' or propaganda Geographic Determinism: History determined by geography Critical Theory Approaches history from the belief that all history is the history of oppressors and the oppressed (Marxist) Does not approach history objectively or neutrally; critiques history to challenge existing power structures in order to change society
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