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Shazia Khokhar
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HISTORICISM
Historicism is a mode of thinking that assigns a
central andbasic significance to a specific
context, such as historicalperiod, geographical
place .
History is a container.
Everything happens inhistory.
History is itself an aim, because phenomenon
happen swithin the frameworkof history.
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Criticism of Historicism
Two Senses of the Term History
It is a tautology that everything (other than God) is
history if history is used to mean the totality of all
that has been and will be in time. But in that case the
word would -confusingly - mean the same as the
universe, and historic-ism would not comprise an
interesting or informative theory about human
experience and knowledge.
Criticism of Historicism
Dilthey said:
The historical world-view has broken the
last chain not yet broken by philosophy
and natural science. Everything is flowing,
nothing remains. But where are the
means to conquer the anarchy of opinions
which threatens us?