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historicism 1. the belief that natural laws govern historical events which in turn determine social and cultural phenomena 2. the doctrine that each period of history has its own beliefs and values inapplicable to any other, so that nothing can be understood independently of its historical context 3. the conduct of any enquiry in accordance with these views 4. excessive emphasis on history, historicism, past styles, etc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A master historical narrative must be supported by a state, he stressed, yet the Palestinians do not have a national archive, a state or a research institution. Rather than viewing Chinatown as the product of the innate desires of the Chinese immigrants to be with their fellow countrymen or as the by-product of exclusion laws, Lui challenges and complicates the existing historical narrative by broadening the scope of her investigation. Brown is committed to teaching her students to question the naturalness of historical narrative and to ask who is marginalized by it, but refrains from measuring scholarship against "practical value. |
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