Antihistoricism is the rejection or critique of historical determinism or the belief that history follows a specific, predictable path. It questions the idea that history is linear and progressive, and instead emphasizes the importance of agency and contingency in shaping historical events. In essence, it challenges the notion that historical events are predetermined.
The Poverty of Historicism was created in 1957.
firstly let us consider what is New historicism? New Historicism is a theory applied to literature that suggests literature must be studied and interpreted within the context of both the history of the author and the history of the critic. Literature is also the product out of the author's consciousness and the author's consciousness is shaped by his society. Thus new historicism is an important tool in analyzing literature from social perspective.
G.W. Hegel
Briefly that everything happening in the present can best be understood by applyingknowledge of how events unfolded in past societies. For example some historians have noted that the rule of societies tends to pass, over many centuries, from monarchies (kings) to oligarchs (aristocrats) and to the people (democrats) and then back to monarchs. Another example of historicism is developed by Karl Marx who supposed the power of the aristocrats was replaced by that of traders and manufacturers (bourgeoisie), and they in turn were replaced by the workers. This theory inspired the Russian and Chinese Revolutions of the 20th century. In his book The Poverty of Historicism, Karl Popper suggests that advances in scientific knowledge could allow humans to developopen and free societies for as long as they wish and thereby escape from historicism.
Historicism in linguistics refers to the belief that language should be studied within its historical context to understand its development and changes over time. It emphasizes the importance of historical analysis in investigating language evolution, as well as the influence of historical events and societal factors on linguistic structures and usage.
Mark Robson has written: 'Stephen Greenblatt' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, New historicism
Anne Koelblin has written: 'August Menken' -- subject(s): Historicism in architecture, Criticism and interpretation, Architecture
Anna Escher Di Stefano has written: 'Percorsi di filosofia contemporanea' -- subject(s): Dialectic, Modern Philosophy 'Historismus e ermeneutica' -- subject(s): Hermeneutics, Historicism 'Storicismo, spiritualismo, ermeneutica' -- subject(s): Historicism, History, Philosophy 'Benedetto Croce e Emilio Betti'
William J. Chandler has written: 'The science of history' -- subject(s): Cybernetics, Historicism, History, Methodology
Chr Ottersbach has written: 'Befestigte Schlossbauten im Deutschen Bund' -- subject(s): Castles, Historicism in architecture, Architecture and society, History
Changzhi Hu has written: 'Li shi zhi shi yu she hui bian qian' -- subject(s): Social change, Historicism
Jeffrey Andrew Barash has written: 'Martin Heidegger and the problem of historical meaning' -- subject(s): Philosophy, History, historicism, relativism, ontology