History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
Which of the statements regarding historiography are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- 1. In Leopold von Ranke's paradoxes, it is difficult to reconcile his dictum that history should have the greatest possible objectivity with his view that 'God dwells in history'.
- 2. It was Hegel and not Karl Marx who first expounded that the primary motive force of the historical process is human labour in society.
- 3. Oswald Spengler's philosophy of history opens with a vehement attack on the European periodization of history into ancient, medieval and modern.
- 4. In the opinion of R.G. Collingwood, 'all history is the history of ideas'.
A1 and 4 only
B2 and 3 only
C1, 2 and 3 only
D1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 — All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
★In Ranke's paradoxes, it is hard to reconcile his call for objectivity with his view that God dwells in history.
★It was Hegel and not Marx who first expounded that human labour in society is the primary motive force of history.
★Spengler's philosophy of history opens with an attack on the European periodization into ancient, medieval and modern.
★In Collingwood's opinion, all history is the history of ideas.
★So all four statements about historiography are correct.
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