Historians'' Virtues - From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call them virtues rather than skills or habits? This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Historian's Character: Why Virtues Mattered; 2. What Virtues, Which Aims? Why Historians Disagreed; 3. Discourse Meets Practice: Virtues as Performance Criteria; 4. Who Can Be Virtuous? Inclusion and Exclusion; 5. What Happened to Virtue? Continuity and Discontinuity; Conclusion.

Summary

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call them virtues rather than skills or habits? This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword

The Element explains why historians so often speak, and disagree, about the virtues (impartiality, honesty) that define a good historian.

Product details

• Authors: Herman Paul, Herman (Universiteit Leiden) Paul, Paul Herman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108994972
• ISBN: 978-1-108-99497-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, History of Ideas, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, General & world history, General and world history, History: theory and methods