Paul ricoeur 's Objectivity and Subjectivity in History 2. Objectivity in historian's subjectivity: In view ofthese features of incomplete objectivity in historical investigation, historians can guard against the trap of absolute relativism or subjectivism bi a. Objectification and reflection on historian's subjectivity b. Historical criticism among historians
11 2. Objectivity in historian’s subjectivity: In view of these features of incomplete objectivity in historical investigation, historians can guard against the trap of absolute relativism or subjectivism by a. Objectification and reflection on historian’s subjectivity b. Historical criticism among historians Paul Ricoeur’s Objectivity and Subjectivity in History
The Nature of historical Research: Debate between modernist and Postmodernist 1. Past events& historical field: Can they be fully recovered? 2. Historical evidence: Objective fact, theoretically mediated facts/interpretation, or socially constructed reality 3. The role of the historical researcher: Objective reconstructionist, theoretically guided constructionist interpreter of text within text within contextes 4. Research output of historical study: Authentic correspondence of the past, culturally significant representations of the past from selective perspectives, or retrieval of suppressed representations of the past
12 The Nature of Historical Research: Debate between Modernist and Postmodernist 1. Past events & historical field: Can they be fully recovered? 2. Historical evidence: Objective fact, theoretically mediated facts/ interpretation, or socially constructed reality 3. The role of the historical researcher: Objective reconstructionist, theoretically guided constructionist, interpreter of text within text within contextes 4. Research output of historical study: Authentic correspondence of the past, culturally significant representations of the past from selective perspectives, or retrieval of suppressed representations of the past
R Deconstructing History ALUN MUNSLOW
The Nature of historical Research: Debate between modernist and Postmodernist Past events Historical evidences Role of researchers Outputs of historical research Reconstructionist Fully Retrievable Objective facts Objective and impartial History as authentic Reconstructionists correspondence of the Constructionist Partly Structurally and Theoretically and History as retrievable theoretically mediated structurally guided representations of the Interpretations constructionist past from selective perspec Deconstructionist Irretrievable Socially constructed Interpreters of text History as retrieval of andor systemic within text within suppressed distorted context representations of the representations
14 Past events Historical evidences Role of researchers Outputs of historical research Reconstructionist Fully Retrievable Objective facts Objective and impartial Reconstructionists History as authentic correspondence of the past Constructionist Partly retrievable Structurally and theoretically mediated interpretations Theoretically and structurally guided constructionist History as representations of the past from selective perspectives Deconstructionist Irretrievable Socially constructed and/or systemic distorted representations Interpreters of text within text within context History as retrieval of suppressed representations of the past The Nature of Historical Research: Debate between Modernist and Postmodernist