Presentism: New Historical Thinking in Russia

The present is increasing pressure and shrinks historical time. Presentism aims to comprehend the complexity, in which the past cannot be objectively reconstructed, but can only be constructed anew.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-15/presentism/

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Normative Overload: What About Empirical Validity?

Currently, German history didactics is focusing on narrative competence. The resultant normative overload, is not unproblematic – to say the least.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-15/normative-overload/

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