The Whig Interpretation of History

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 144 pages

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Imprint:WW Norton & Co

ISBN:9780393003185

Published: 1 Apr 1965

Classifications:Historiography, Social & cultural history, Politics & government

Readership:Professional & Vocational Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Undergraduate

Weight:156g

Dimensions:134 x 197 x 10 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

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書籍簡介

這是一本歷史學家在研究過去時強加一種僵化的觀點來歪曲歷史的經典文章。要理解歷史並不像許多寫過書的人想讓我們相信的那樣容易。從新教，進步的"19世紀紳士"的觀點來看問題的歷史學家巴特菲爾德教授將其定義為"輝格歷史學家"。輝格黨的歷史學家是參照現在研究過去的。他在尋找歷史代理人。而且，在他尋找起源和原因的過程中，他可以很容易地選擇那些能支持他的論點的事實，從而排除其他對整體情況同樣重要的事實。

A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past. 

It is not as easy to understand the past as many who have written it would have us believe. The historians who look at it from the Protestant, progressive, "19th Century gentleman" viewpoint are defined by Professor Butterfield as "the Whig historians." The Whig historian studies the past with reference to the present. He looks for agency in history. And, in his search for origins and causes, he can easily select those facts that give support to his thesis and thus eliminate other facts equally important to the total picture.

作者簡介

赫伯特·巴特菲爾德爵士是劍橋大學的歷史教授和副校長。作為一名英國曆史學家和歷史哲學家，他主要因兩本書而為人所知，一本是他職業生涯早期的短篇《輝格黨對歷史的解釋》(1931)，另一本是他的《現代科學的起源》(1949)。在他的職業生涯中，巴特菲爾德越來越多地轉向歷史編纂和人類對過去的發展觀點。巴特菲爾德是一個虔誠的基督徒，他從歷史的角度詳細地反思了基督教的影響。

Sir Herbert Butterfield was Regius Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. As a British historian and philosopher of history, he is remembered chiefly for two books, a short volume early in his career entitled The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and his Origins of Modern Science (1949). Over the course of his career, Butterfield turned increasingly to historiography and man's developing view of the past. Butterfield was a devout Christian and reflected at length on Christian influences in historical perspectives.