![]() He then explores how past events – gets processed into becoming – a history, and the subjectivity that surrounds that process. He distinguishes between ‘past events’, historiography (“the process of writing history”) and history (“the end result of that process”). Arnold breaks these questions down, by recounting stories of the pasts, and exploring how history gets to be written.Īrnold started the book examining what history is. “History: A Very Short Introduction” by John H. These are often questions we ask ourselves when we talk about history, of course, besides “ why the hell am I obliged to memorize these random dates and names in school ”. “ Why are there different accounts of historical events ?” ![]()
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