Historical Understanding and Historical Interpretation as Contextualization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4495731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Branko Mitrovic (0000-0002-0457-1316, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-332 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hith.10762 |
| OpenAlex | W1913844927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This article discusses the theoretical problems pertaining to the relationship between historical contextualization and historical understanding and interpretation. On the one hand, there is the view that documents need to be understood in relation to their historical context; on the other, it is not clear how a historian can get out of his or her own historical context in order to be able to engage with the conceptual frameworks, beliefs, or ways of reasoning that are radically different from his or her own. The paper proposes a resolution to this dilemma; its upshot is that historical understanding is constituted by contextualization
Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Contextualization · Dilemma · Epistemology · Historical Thinking · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Order (exchange) · Relation (database) · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |