Historical social science: limits and prospects

This article analyzes the history and the theoretical underpinnings of one of the most wellknownGerman contemporary historiographical traditions, namely, the historical social science.Departing from the criticism leveled at social history from historians hailing from new culturalhistory, micro-histo...

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Autor: Welskopp, Thomas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repositorio:História da Historiografia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br:article/238
Acceso en línea:https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/238
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:German historiography
20th century historiography
Theory of history
Historiografía alemana
Historiografía del siglo XX
Teoría de la historia
Historiografia alemã
Historiografia do século XX
Teoria da história
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Sumario:This article analyzes the history and the theoretical underpinnings of one of the most wellknownGerman contemporary historiographical traditions, namely, the historical social science.Departing from the criticism leveled at social history from historians hailing from new culturalhistory, micro-history and the history of everyday-life, the author attempts to deepen the capacityof historical social science for self-reflection by means of a survey of its limits and futureperspectives. His proposed reconstruction of many of social history’s theoretical andmethodological presuppositions is synthesized by the term historical science of society.