Tradition of Historiography and Modern Historiography | History | Standard 10 | MSBSHSE (SSC)
Summary
TLDRThe transcript explores the tradition of historiography, which is the critical examination of historical sources and writing of historical narratives. It highlights that historians use a conceptual framework to interpret events and that historiography wasn't common in ancient societies. However, ancient people conveyed their past through methods like cave paintings, storytelling, and songs. Modern historiography, rooted in ancient Greek writings, emphasizes a scientific method, anthropocentric questions, evidence-based answers, and traces human history through documented deeds. Herodotus, a Greek historian, is credited with pioneering the term 'history.'
Takeaways
- 📜 Historiography refers to the critical examination and writing of historical narratives.
- 🧑🏫 A historian analyzes and interprets historical events based on a conceptual framework.
- 📚 The historian's narrative cannot include every event from the past, as it is shaped by their approach.
- 🏛️ Ancient societies did not practice formal historiography but still passed down stories of ancestors through oral traditions, cave paintings, songs, and ballads.
- 🎨 These traditional methods are now considered important sources of history in modern historiography.
- 🔬 Modern historiography relies on scientific principles, starting with the formation of specific, relevant questions.
- 👥 These questions are anthropocentric, focusing on human activities rather than divine intervention.
- 📖 Modern historiography uses reliable evidence to support its findings and conclusions.
- 🗺️ It maps out mankind’s journey by analyzing past human actions and their effects.
- 🏺 The roots of modern historiography can be traced back to ancient Greek historical writings, with Herodotus being the first to use the term 'history' in the 5th century BCE.
Q & A
What is historiography?
-Historiography is the writing of critical historical narratives, examining historical sources and writing historical accounts.
Who is a historian?
-A historian is a scholar who writes critical historical narratives.
What determines a historian's style of writing?
-A historian's style of writing is determined by the conceptual framework they adopt while interpreting historical events.
Was historiography prevalent in ancient societies?
-No, historiography was not prevalent in ancient societies, but they used other means like storytelling, cave paintings, and ballads to pass on history.
What were the traditional means used by ancient communities to pass on historical knowledge?
-Ancient communities used cave paintings, storytelling, singing songs, and ballads to pass on stories of ancestors.
What are the main characteristics of modern historiography?
-Modern historiography is based on scientific principles, focuses on human deeds, relies on reliable evidence, and presents mankind's journey through past events.
What does 'anthropocentric' mean in the context of modern historiography?
-'Anthropocentric' means that modern historiographical questions are centered on the deeds of human societies rather than divine intervention.
How is modern historiography different from ancient methods of recording history?
-Modern historiography relies on scientific methods, whereas ancient methods involved storytelling, cave paintings, and ballads.
Who is considered the father of history and why?
-Herodotus, a Greek historian from the 5th century BCE, is considered the father of history because he was the first to use the term 'history' in his book 'The Histories'.
What is the significance of Greek historical writings in modern historiography?
-Greek historical writings, particularly those of Herodotus, are considered foundational to modern historiography due to their emphasis on human actions and evidence-based narrative.
Outlines
📚 The Concept of Historiography and Historical Research
Historiography refers to the critical examination of historical sources and the writing of historical narratives. A historian is the scholar who engages in this process. Not every historical event is included in a narrative, as the historian's conceptual framework shapes both the selection and interpretation of events. Although ancient societies didn't practice historiography in the same way, they still valued historical time and passed down stories through cave paintings, storytelling, songs, and ballads. These are now seen as sources for modern historiography.
🔬 Characteristics of Modern Historiography
Modern historiography is characterized by four main principles. First, its method is based on scientific principles. Second, the questions it addresses are anthropocentric, focusing on human deeds from a particular historical period without connecting them to divine intervention. Third, these questions are answered with reliable evidence. Finally, it offers a graph of humanity’s progress through past actions. Modern historiography's roots can be traced back to ancient Greek writings, particularly the works of Herodotus, the Greek historian of the 5th century BCE, who introduced the term 'history.'
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Historiography
💡Historical Research
💡Historical Sources
💡Conceptual Framework
💡Ancient Societies
💡Modern Historiography
💡Scientific Principles
💡Herodotus
💡Cave Paintings
💡Anthropocentric Questions
Highlights
Historiography refers to the writing of critical historical narratives.
A historian interprets historical events based on the conceptual framework they adopt.
Historiography was not prevalent in ancient societies but they were still aware of historical time.
Ancient people passed down stories of ancestors through cave paintings, storytelling, songs, and ballads.
These traditional means of passing down stories are considered sources of history in modern historiography.
Modern historiography follows scientific principles and begins by forming relevant questions.
Questions in modern historiography are anthropocentric, focusing on human deeds in ancient societies.
Modern historiography does not suggest an interrelation between divine and human deeds.
Answers in modern historiography are supported by reliable evidence.
Modern historiography presents a timeline of mankind’s journey based on past human deeds.
The roots of modern historiography can be traced back to ancient Greek historical writings.
The word 'history' originated from Greek, used by Herodotus in the 5th century BCE.
Herodotus is regarded as the 'Father of History' for his work titled 'The Histories.'
Ancient historical storytelling methods are still valuable as sources in modern historiography.
Modern historiography avoids linking human actions with divine intervention, focusing solely on human activity.
Transcripts
tradition of historiography we have
learnt about the historical research
method critically examining the
historical sources and writing the
historical narrative the writing of
critical historical narrative is known
as historiography a scholar who writes
such a narrative is a historian the
historian cannot include every past
event in his narrative the inclusion and
interpretation of historical events by
the historian often depends on the
conceptual framework adopted by him his
style of writing is determined by that
conceptual framework the tradition of
writing historical narrative that is
historiography was not prevalent in the
ancient societies of the world however
that does not mean that they were not
aware of the historical time or were not
eager to know about it ancient people
also felt the need of passing on the
stories of the life and Vala of the
ancestors to the next generation ancient
communities all over the world used
various means like cave paintings
storytelling singing songs and ballads
etc for this purpose these traditional
means are looked upon as the sources of
history in the modern historiography
modern historiography four main
characteristics of modern historiography
one its method is based on scientific
principles it begins with the formation
of relevant questions to these questions
our anthropocentric it means that these
questions are about the deeds of the
members of ancient human societies of a
particular period history does not
suggest any interrelation between the
divine and human deeds three answers to
these questions are supported by
reliable evidence
for history presents a graph of
mankind's journey with the help of past
human deeds it is said that the modern
historiography with above
characteristics has its roots in the
ancient Greek historical writings
history is originally a Greek term
Herodotus the Greek historian of the
fifth century BCE used it first for his
book entitled the histories
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