But who decides what is historical fact and what isn't? Who's history is it?
Historiography - The study of the writing of history and of written histories.
Edward Hallet Carr - 'The history we read (...) though based on facts, is, strictly speaking, not factual at all, but a series of accepted judgements.'
The quote from Carr shows how history is SUBJECTIVE and what is published is a product of lots of different 'stories' competing.
Progress
Time is linear
The Parthenom Sculptures (Elgin Marbles) c. 447bc
An example of British colonialism as Britain essentially stole the sculptures from the top of the temple in Athens. This could be an example of British cultural imperialism.
George Santayana, 1905, The Life of Reason
Museum of Modern Art, 1936, New York
Apon further research, I discovered some modern examples that explore Cubism/Abstract Art but also Graffiti and Street Art:
'Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already.'
G.F.W Hegel
One of the most important philosophers in history.
Three types of history:
- Original
- Reflective
- Philosophical
Geist (Spirit) = Freedom, reason and self consciousness and ultimately drives history.
History is the development of universal spirit unfolding dialectically.
Thesis, antitheses and synthesis
Utopian
Moving forward for the better
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