The Traditional Forms of the "History of the Present" from Herodotus to Humanist Historians



Título del documento: The Traditional Forms of the "History of the Present" from Herodotus to Humanist Historians
Revista: Historia da historiografia
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000419934
ISSN: 1983-9928
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza. España
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Número: 10
Paginación: 165-182
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, teórico
Resumen en inglés The present article revolves around the interest in contemporary history from ancient writers to humanist historians. Its objective, which forms part of a broader purpose devoted to elucidating the characteristics of the so-called History of the Present, is to examine the forms this interest has traditionally adopted. In this way, we put for consideration the following hypothesis: from classical historians onwards, the concern with contemporary history was always considered a hard and inevitable task to be undertaken, since it affected rulers and living people. Nevertheless, the long-standing doctrine of history as memory of events for centuries had prevented historians from facing paradoxes that result from the interest in contemporary past; in other words, how can historians confront the political uses, memories and demands of public opinion to deal with the recent past without jeopardizing historical truth?
Disciplinas: Historia
Palabras clave: Historiografía,
Historia contemporánea,
Historiadores,
Paradojas,
Tucídides,
Cicerón, Marco Tulio
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