notes on schools of history?? (1 Viewer)

[Ludlum]

im looking for sum notes on the different schools, lyk marxist and post modernist and empirical and all. i looked in the resources but those are more historian specifc. ne help is appreciated

 

[xeuyrawp]

What's wrong with your own notes? Textbook? Resources?

 

[BronwynKate]

Marxist: economic and social classes are emphasised. Generally very left-wing. People like Bourdieu are important here. He talks about the social habitus.

Empirical is like Locke and some other philosophers. It is also the approach taken by the news as they report history.

Postmodernist: Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Foucault. Looks at issues of language and power and subversion of that power.

Mine will inevitably be historian specific as I tend to apprehend my history through people and events rather than theories per se.

And I love Herodotus and lots of Roman history. I brought him into an assignment on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and my teacher was impressed. This was at TAFE for Myths and Symbols as part of my professional writing and editing course in the second semester.

 

[Ludlum]

What's wrong with your own notes? Textbook? Resources?

well i missed alot of class because i had a chest infection so i dont hav notes on post modernism and i missed the end of empirical. and lyk i said, the resource section has more historian specific stuff

 

[BronwynKate]

So you have a valid excuse.

Glad you're feeling better and are raring to go.

How have your half-yearlies been?

What would you like to improve in? How can we help you?

 

[Ludlum]

well so far my half yearys havent been to bad (excluding maths, but lets not get into that....) my extension exam is on thursday and im a bit concerned about the areas i missed, postmodernism particularly, and also im missing alot off the depth about ranke and the empiricists

 

[xeuyrawp]

Ah, that sucks. Nothing worse than a sickness (I've got one at the moment).

 

[BronwynKate]

You might enjoy these two websites about Ranke:

http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/historian/Leopold_von_Ranke.html

http://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/galerie/texte/rankee.htm

I am sure you will find lots of postmodern history on these sites, as they are wideranging in their considerations of history.

 

[Ludlum]

those r good sites, thank u kindly