From 269404b1800db54d01674db8ae47515d1abbcc19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eggy Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:54:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] hist: patch up lens --- docs/chw3mz.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/chw3mz.md b/docs/chw3mz.md index 057155c..d01bf4e 100644 --- a/docs/chw3mz.md +++ b/docs/chw3mz.md @@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ Historiography is the study of how history is developed and how historians have There are seven main schools of thought historians usually fall under that attempt to explain why history happens. - - The **great people** lens states that individually great people create changes — without those individuals history would be drastically altered. This school focuses on their individual motivations, relationships, etc. - - The **structuralist** lens states that changes in economic structures, technology, ideology, and social norms create history. - - The **decisionist** lens states that the decisions of people change history. - - The **Marxist** lens states that class conflict creates history. This school focuses on the exploiter and the exploitee and how their conflicts create history. - - The **Toynbee** lens states that the response of people to crisis creates history. + - The **great people** lens views history with the perspective that individuals create changes, and without those individuals history would be drastically altered. This school focuses on their individual motivations, relationships, etc. + - The **structuralist** lens views history and events as caused by changes in economic structures, technology, ideology, and social norms. + - The **decisionist** lens views history with the perspective that it is the decisions of people that are the cause of events. + - The **Marxist** lens focuses on class conflict — the exploiter and the exploitee and how their conflicts affect history. + - The **Toynbee** lens regards the response of people to crises as the largest cause to historical events. - The **post-modern** lens states that history reflects the time period it was written in and the intent of the author. This school asserts that there is no historical truth and focuses on how history is shaped and manipulated to serve the agendas and needs of various civilisations. - The **feminist** lens states that history should reflect the experience of both genders equally. This school particularly focuses on the treatment of and lives of women.