Why Study History

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Title

Why Study History

Description

The rich and famous have looked down upon history for most of the 20th century. In 1916, the pioneer car manufacturer, Henry Ford, declared „History is bunk‟ because it‟s an unwanted vestige of tradition. On the other hand, in 2005, Thomas Friedman, thought the past was overloaded with memories, these remembrances were the assassins of dreams and any society with more memories than dreams was destined to decay. Contrary to this, we argue here that history has four distinct uses, it is an aesthetic guide and moral teacher like biographies, it has a utilitarian value as a rear view mirror, it is a political device to legitimise nations and it is one epistemological tool to understand society.KeywHistoriography; Historical ords: History; thinking

Creator

Yadav, Bhupendra

Source

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 11 No. 3 (2012): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 61-74
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0975-329X

Publisher

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Date

2021-11-29

Rights

Copyright (c) 2016 Artha - Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

Identifier

Citation

Bhupendra Yadav, Why Study History, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2021, accessed October 16, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/210

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