Lecture 15: Millenium
Outline of lecture—none available. Listen and follow along. Go with the flow. In
Tocqueville read Chapter 25, “Some Characteristics of Historians in Democratic
Times.” Chapter 25 is concerned with how historians explain things—with
causation, in other words. There are ideas here that relate to concepts I use
in Lecture 15—and to the whole approach to teaching and learning History.
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What are the two types
of historical explanation noted by Tocqueville? Which type is employed by
democratic historians?
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Based
on Tocqueville's definitions, and on what you have heard thus far, is the
instructor of this course a democratic historian? |