WHY STUDY THE PAST? History can teach, inspire, warn, include and exclude; its uses change to fit the present moment.

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  • Author(s): Bloxham, Donald
  • Source:
    History Today. Oct2020, Vol. 70 Issue 10, p78-83. 6p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      HISTORIOGRAPHY; JUSTIFICATION (Theory of knowledge); RITES & ceremonies; PERFORMANCES; HISTORY education
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information on justifications for studying the past and the earliest days of the western historical traditions. It further discusses drama and romance of the past was evoked through performance; enduring tradition of studying other cultures; identifying an historical process or pattern underlying all superficial historical developments; and relationship in and beyond classical historiography; affinity between the mode of dispassionate and critical inquiry.