HISTORY
HISTORY came from the word historia, a Greek word that translates to “knowledge acquired through
inquiry or investigation. The word was adopted in latin, which had derived into a new definition. The
Latin word historia was then known as past persons or groups of persons through written documents
and historical evidence. ( Candelaria & Alphora, 2018)
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN HISTORY
What is History? Why study history? And history for whom? These questions can be answered by
historiography. HISTORIOGRAPHY is the history of history. At the same time, history focuses on
studying the past and the events that happened. The study of historiography in the history itself, how
it was written, who wrote it, and the context of it’s publication.
It allows the students to understand history better, that history is not just about memorizing pat
information. Still, history is more about understanding how the past has affected the present and the
future.
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT RELATED TO HISTORY
1. Post Colonialism – is a school of thought that arose in the early twentieth century as formerly
colonized countries struggled to define their identities and understand their society in light of their
colonial past. In writing history, post-colonial historians look at two things: The first is to recount the
history of their country in a way that highlights their identity independent of colonial discourse and
knowledge, and the second is to critique colonialism’s method, consequences, and notion. As a result,
post colonial history was established by colonial rulers and taught to their people.
2. Positivism- Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a school of thought known as
positivism arose. Before are may declare that a piece of information is correct, empirical and visible
proof is required. Positivism also implies a method for arriving at a judgment that is objective. The
phrase “ no document, no history” comes from this similar reality in history, when historians wee
obliged to provide written primary materials in order to create a certain historical narrative. Not only
in their arguments but also their historical research, positivist historians are supposed to be objective
and unbiased.
3. Annales School of Thought – The Annales School of history was founded in France to challenge
historical canons. The usual historical themes, which were nearly invariably connected by this school
of thinking. Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel and Jacques Le Goff were Annales scholars
who researched various disciplines in a historical context. They were interested in social history and
researched longers periods of history.
Scholars of Annales, for example, studied peasant history, medical history, and even environmental
history. The scholars who pioneered the history from below are the same one who pioneered the
history from above. They argued that persons and classes that were not well represented in society’s
past should be placed in history’s records. Annales philosophers did this by combining history with
disciplines like geography, anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
HISTORY came from the word historia, a Greek word that translates to “knowledge acquired through
inquiry or investigation. The word was adopted in latin, which had derived into a new definition. The
Latin word historia was then known as past persons or groups of persons through written documents
and historical evidence. ( Candelaria & Alphora, 2018)
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN HISTORY
What is History? Why study history? And history for whom? These questions can be answered by
historiography. HISTORIOGRAPHY is the history of history. At the same time, history focuses on
studying the past and the events that happened. The study of historiography in the history itself, how
it was written, who wrote it, and the context of it’s publication.
It allows the students to understand history better, that history is not just about memorizing pat
information. Still, history is more about understanding how the past has affected the present and the
future.
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT RELATED TO HISTORY
1. Post Colonialism – is a school of thought that arose in the early twentieth century as formerly
colonized countries struggled to define their identities and understand their society in light of their
colonial past. In writing history, post-colonial historians look at two things: The first is to recount the
history of their country in a way that highlights their identity independent of colonial discourse and
knowledge, and the second is to critique colonialism’s method, consequences, and notion. As a result,
post colonial history was established by colonial rulers and taught to their people.
2. Positivism- Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a school of thought known as
positivism arose. Before are may declare that a piece of information is correct, empirical and visible
proof is required. Positivism also implies a method for arriving at a judgment that is objective. The
phrase “ no document, no history” comes from this similar reality in history, when historians wee
obliged to provide written primary materials in order to create a certain historical narrative. Not only
in their arguments but also their historical research, positivist historians are supposed to be objective
and unbiased.
3. Annales School of Thought – The Annales School of history was founded in France to challenge
historical canons. The usual historical themes, which were nearly invariably connected by this school
of thinking. Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel and Jacques Le Goff were Annales scholars
who researched various disciplines in a historical context. They were interested in social history and
researched longers periods of history.
Scholars of Annales, for example, studied peasant history, medical history, and even environmental
history. The scholars who pioneered the history from below are the same one who pioneered the
history from above. They argued that persons and classes that were not well represented in society’s
past should be placed in history’s records. Annales philosophers did this by combining history with
disciplines like geography, anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
