PROFESSIONALIZATION OF HISTORYIntro to Historiography

LEOPOLD VON RANKE

Historicism “as it really was”

Transformed History Into the Modern University Based Discipline

World Famous Seminars 50 Years 60 Volumes

GEORGE W.F. HEGEL

Doctrine of Historicism

Dialectic Plane

Historicism opened way for Relativism Historical Circumstances All Experiences are Relative

METEHISTORY

Auguste Comte History unfolds in stages Scientific approach to history works Past meaningful and law like History, not God, controls the great design

of the universe

KARL MARX 1818-1883

Grew up in Post Napoleon World Materialism Class Struggle Base Super Structure Theory

Mode of Production Dominates Social Relations

Das Kapital

MARX

Communist Manifesto Leader/class

consciousness acquire means of

production state forms around it state fades away

MARX

Progress Historicism Scientific theory

Come together in Marx

Still a major force in historical interpretation

DANGERS OF METAHISTORY

Totalitarianism Nazi’s Fascism Marxists

Friedrich Nietzsche I teach you the

superman