strategy
Undertaking historical studies
Synonyms:
Studying historyResearching history
Collecting historical facts
Description:
Learning about and deriving lessons from the past. Context:
The study of history may be primarily viewed as an accounting of chronological events and as a congeries or series of happenings which both form and dominate the shape of societies. The emergence of comparative studies of civilization can however lead to a shift in perception of the growth of cultures. Civilizations can now be seen from a wider as well as a more dynamic perspective, as revealing the development of fundamental patterns of human relationships in the context of those artistic and social forms which embody the transformations of human consciousness.1. Understanding or considering history allows the use of the lessons of past generations.
2. The historian must have some conceptions of how men who are not historians behave. (Edward Morgan Forster).
Counter Claim:
Experience of this century is so divergent from that of all past history that past wisdom is basically irrelevant; one can say that human consciousness has simply mutated into a new entity which must invent in its own terms. Broader:
CollectingBroadening participation in cultureSafeguarding the memory of the worldResearching Narrower:
Studying judaismAdvancing art historyResearching genealogyStudying labour historyStudying natural historyResearching oral historyStudying ancient historyStudying business historyStudying history didacticsUndertaking mediaeval studiesStudying historical linguisticsResearching history of medicineStudying history of agricultureResearching history of religionsCultivating common history appreciationResearching preservation of cultural propertyResearching causes of post-historical sterilityExposing historical necessity for democratic government Constrains:
Denying lessons of history Facilitates:
Preserving historyChallenging orthodoxiesRe-examining painful pastRemembering lessons of historyGrounding decisions historicallyTransmitting historical perspective Facilitated by:
Using dialectical processPromoting historical studiesRegulating historical researchMaintaining record of past encounter Organizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions International Social History Committee International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science International Association for Media and History Union of Arab Historians Arab History Institute Richard III Society Voltaire Foundation Subjects:
Research, Standards → StudyResearch, Standards → Research
Research, Standards → Experimental
History → History
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
