Present times in the light of historical key
Current history is a controversial historiographical field. This paper justifies the study of historical present and raises the most relevant methodological issues to reflect on what it means to think historically this. It is noted that, when researching present history, it is not the historian resp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Tiempo Devorado |
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| Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/tdevorado/article/view/66 |
| Summary: | Current history is a controversial historiographical field. This paper justifies the study of historical present and raises the most relevant methodological issues to reflect on what it means to think historically this. It is noted that, when researching present history, it is not the historian responsability to predict the future or try to anticipate facts, but just to understand the present in the light of the past. |
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| ISSN: | 2565-2915 2385-5452 |