SOAN 3070 Lecture 15: Qualitative Methods (Lecture #15)
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Goal of historiography is to uncover the certain bias written. Insiders or outsiders: how the position of an insider can be in certain harmony with the position of an outsider. Heart of darkness (1899: african population in american. Depicted people as inferior subject to an insiders approval. Insider and outsider approaches of writing history: criticised for de-humanization said it is depersonalized of human race, people should write only their history you know the background. The annales school (1928 -: until the turn of the xxth century traditional history was built around the acts and facts of (cid:498)great individuals(cid:499) Heroization description of hero"s in a particular society. Collective illusions: kings touch healed people, how could these things effect economy, political regime and culture. History of mentalities: new way of looking at the past, techniques on normal people and there everyday habits, not the monarchy.