History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-II)
In which country did historicism develop in the nineteenth century as a theory that held that history is the key to all knowledge?
AFrance
BGermany ✓ Correct
CUSA
DBritain
Correct answer: (B) Germany — The answer is Germany.
Explanation
★The answer is Germany.
★In Germany historicism developed in the nineteenth century as a theory that history is the key to all knowledge.
★The latter half of the nineteenth century was the period of German unification.
★This unification transformed Germany's geography.
★It placed German history at the centre of national identity.
★So historicism as a distinct theory developed in Germany.
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