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Ready to take an entire historiography class in 20 minutes? Well too bad, here it is anyways. Historiography is a very important part of doing history. It's merely the history of history. Every undergrad history major takes a course in this, and grad students have an even more intense version. There you’ll learn about most of these schools of thought in great detail. Let’s go over each school in about a paragraph. Perhaps it’ll help you understand the evolution of the history field as a whole. Sections covered:
0:00 introduction
1:35 Ancient & medieval times
2:48 Modernity
3:54 Antiquarians
4:40 Professionalization
5:24 Hegel
6:38 Marx
7:44 Modernization theory
8:26 Pragmatism
9:38 Consensus
10:10 Annales School
10:40 Linguistic turn
11:45 Microhistory
12:28 Gramsci
12:58 Frankfurt School
13:30 New Left
14:32 Feminism
15:32 Postcolonialism
16:56 transnationalism
18:14 Postmodernism
19:56 Post-revisionism
Playlist on how to research history: • How to research history
Playlist of historiography videos: • Historiography
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References
James M. Banner, The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8er
Peter Gunn, History and Cultural Theory (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9F
Peter Charles Hoffer, Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0m
Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., A Companion to Western Historical Thought (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSf
Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt, History Wars: The Enola Gay and other Battles for the American Past (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996). amzn.to/2pHmglK
Peter Novick, That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988). amzn.to/2D3NM46
William H. Sewell, Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs
Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 8th ed. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013). amzn.to/2Kd5ORK
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Some of the topics covered in more depth elsewhere on this channel:
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@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, and please consider supporting the channel by buying merch: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian Or by donating to my Patreon: www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian See below the "read more" for additional info, but first, here are some related videos to check out: Playlist on how to research history: ru-vid.com/group/PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- Playlist of historiography videos: ru-vid.com/group/PLjnwpaclU4wUYMDmuznH5PvCoAlMRReX6 *[reserved for errata]* *References* James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8er Peter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9F Peter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0m Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSf Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt, _History Wars: The Enola Gay and other Battles for the American Past_ (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996). amzn.to/2pHmglK Peter Novick, _That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession_ (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988). amzn.to/2D3NM46 William H. Sewell, _Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation_ (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs Kate Turabian, _A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers,_ 8th ed. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013). amzn.to/2Kd5ORK Some of the topics covered in more depth elsewhere on this channel: EP Thompson and Marxism: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Igb9f_cSRBk.html Pragmatism: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fqPAnFfPJuk.html Orthodoxy vs. revisionism vs. post-revisionism: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xQGs3eYxGRw.html book review of the cheese and the worms: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RMYp7_4mycM.html Feminism: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IK-Qechh_Ec.html Rise of the New Left: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fLxPUcZKFuY.html Ranke: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CfXW37GfnEE.html Braudel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zy_hjn70JY0.html

@rubies2905 2 года назад

Is Microhistory what Howard Zinn focuses on or is he a revisionist??

@rubies2905 2 года назад

Great quick recap video! Thank you!!

@bobwilson7684 2 года назад

the less Bs by now on the internet about history, nice video, you read all those books!! lol, what a brain you must have ))

@erzar.1730 2 года назад

Alternate title: A historian talks about history of history of history in this video about historiography

@colinb8623 2 года назад

So is this gonna a history of comments about the history of this alternate title: a cynical historan talks about the history of the history of history?

@CaeruleanXII 2 месяца назад

This is a great overview that hits the important notes, names them clearly and gives examples of their notable proponents in such a way that it makes it easy to find info on whatever part you want to delve into next. Excellent work!

@wafflepoet5437 2 года назад

*Thank you* for dropping a video on historiography. I have been struggling with people for so long trying to get them to understand how *actual* historians develop their work and I’ve never been able to succinctly explain the tools and process I was taught at university.

@JMM33RanMA 2 года назад

Wow! You covered three times as much as my first semester of graduate historiography! Admittedly the course, not to mention my career in history, was terminated by the closure following the Kent State Massacre. I'd say it was one of the most interesting courses I took in grad school. Another extremely interesting course was the senior UG Modern European History course, taught by a professor who was the daughter of Eduard Beneš [former Czechoslovakian President]. She emphasized Central and Eastern European history, and had little praise for either Germany or Russia/USSR [NO surprise!]. I have a feeling that Madeleine Albright would teach a similar course. Congratulations on a very interesting video, and thanks for the really fast trip down memory lane!

@danupp3839 2 года назад

Loved your description of Post-Modernism. Great video. I've never looked too far into historiography so this taught me a good deal and gave me a lot to think about. Thanks for continuing to make these great videos!

@bvigil1888 2 года назад

This video came out at just the right time for me. I am a CSULB student taking a class in Intercultural Communication and I literally just finished reading a chapter on History of Intercultural Communication and I feel this video makes for a good companion piece. Thank you for this informative video. :)

@k-majik 2 года назад

As a first-year History PhD student, I can safely say this is marvellous. To simply sum up my historiographical outlook: the more perspectives on the past we have, the better we understand our history. This kind of video will hopefully encourage people to develop those perspectives :)

@dionspring3212 2 года назад

Easily one of the best history related content I've watched on RU-vid. Sometimes I wish I did a history degree

@lilomorales6181 Год назад

Same!

@artkoenig9434 2 года назад

Thank you for your summary of the various schools of historiography. You hit the highpoints and managed to pull it off quite well!

@CubeyP 2 года назад

Wow I LOVED this video. Please give us more about the progression of knowledge and thought about historical subjects, as that context can be as enlightening as the modern consensus.

@MimiMortmain 2 года назад

I did my masters dissertation largely on the philosophy of history and I cannot emphasis how useful a video like this would have been. All I wanted was for someone to explain in simple terms how everything fitted together rather than crying over all the heavy books 😅

@lorensims4846 2 года назад

I'm convinced that history is continually moving forward toward a more perfect and complete description, of course inevitably as viewed from within the current zeitgeist. Which will give more useful data to future historians who are also working within their own intellectual biases. I do enjoy the histories written in the last few decades very much, but perhaps because they are describing history aligned more closely with my own contemporary world-view.

@dreww8941 2 года назад

I had to forgo a history minor to pursue law and psych, but channels such as yours and Mr. Beat are good supplements.

@omalone1169 2 года назад

10:32 new book

@ben9975 2 года назад

there are a lot of people who are never in a position to go to school and learn these invaluable skills for approaching an understanding of our world. videos like this are so important. thank you

@jacobedward2401 2 года назад

Hmm Lindybeige said in a video that he didn't care about the history of ideas, he only cared if the ideas were good ones. I thought that was a very dumb thing for a history buff to say.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 года назад

Lindybeige isn't the worst historian on youtube or anything but he lacks any professional training (I'm pretty sure anyway) and it really shows sometimes. His takes aren't universally bad and he's definitely an excellent storyteller but he sometimes says very questionable things.

@tardvandecluntproductions1278 2 года назад

Lindybeige is not perfect, just like every human being.

@christopherdurham1999 2 года назад

No mention of Hari Seldon and his equations of Psychohistory...

@ArmyNavyAcademy 2 года назад

As a historian this is very interesting, working on my next history book so was looking into this as well because it's such an interesting topic

@BoffinGrusky 2 года назад

Impressive presentation with LOTS of food for thought. Well done!

@omalone1169 2 года назад

Not sure about the suggestion Ferguson is fringe

@skeletonkeysproductionskp 2 года назад

Fascinating video bro, keep up the great work!

@omalone1169 2 года назад

13:55 it sounds like Martin Bernal and Howard Zinn

@zacharysmith4508 2 года назад

While growing up I never enjoyed history, thinking it was boring and kind of masturbatory. Now I'm regretting not enjoying the field sooner! Part of that has to do with your channel, keep doing what you're doing.

@musicsubicandcebu1774 2 года назад

"The cavalry principle provides a simple formula which can account for the complex, contradictory behaviour of humans. To review this briefly: aggression, through selection, has evolved to err on the side of excess - and always exert pressure. The resulting anxiety can be relieved in two basic ways: by consuming the instinct through warfare (the Alexandrian tradition), or by writing a poem about it (the Homeric). Both exacerbate the problem: for violence, as we know, merely begets more violence; and poetry, in dignifying it, endorses it. Such circumstances have enabled aggression to become so formidable a weapon it now controls us. So distorted has the battle for survival come to be that what was once just an arms race has become an arts race too: those who create more (subjugate more aggression) get to destroy more." An example is the German culture with its notable composers.

@thats4thebirds 2 года назад

That lil music drop after the intro was a bop dude.

@edivimo 2 года назад

Oh god, you always says "history is complex" or something similar, right? Now I know why...

@omalone1169 2 года назад

Many thanks 19:35 is the book that even led me here

@Iamguilherme Год назад

Great video! Thank you

@Sandra-hc4vo 2 года назад

thanks, very informative!

@mwi3865 Год назад

So what I have gathered from this very in depth video is the Frankfurt school is the best and the whigs are the worst. This video is fascinating

@epicfail552 2 года назад

Can we get a History of Memory/Cultural Memory episode possibly? I’d love to see your take on Pierre Nora and Jan Assmann

@jurtra9090 2 года назад

5:46 Caesar's Legion approves

@201950201950 2 года назад

Thank you that was awesome

@diggs5142 2 года назад

fantastic vid

@mikecrump7368 2 года назад

That was cool. Well done.

@DATA-qt3nb 2 года назад

Great "Psycostick" insert lmao

@matthewmcneany 2 года назад

Objective history is like a good cop - A nice ideal to aim for given the society we live in.

@Fj3 8 месяцев назад

One of the best videos I've ever watched anywhere-- but if you could have a copiable official transcript of your own provided here, it shall elevate this video to an 11/10!

@CynicalHistorian 8 месяцев назад

I go off script regularly, even in this, where I'm playing a bit of a high wire act

@jimlabbe8258 2 года назад

Well done!

@filthygee 2 года назад

This vid is meta af!

@24601percentdone 2 года назад

Thank you so much! I've been taking a historiography seminar and to say the reading material is dense is an understatement. I'm excited to get back to it with perhaps a framework of understanding that you've provided- this will certainly make things easier.

@andrewjacks2716 Год назад

Idk if Cypher got a haircut or not, but his hair looks sharp in this one!

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 года назад

Two things to say: 1. Two people named Beard and no beards on either of them? What a let down. Admittedly, one was a woman but that is not a good excuse, the cowards! 2. In case anyone is looking at marxist or socialist sources for whatever reason, know that different writers use socialism as the end state and communism as the end state. It's confusing but some use them interchangeably, some are inconsistent and, some switch which one is the end and which is the mid point.

@zombiemolly9711 Год назад

I love you!

@pilot.wav_theory 9 месяцев назад

the bg music in this video is fucking groovy

@GetterOfPussy 2 года назад

Hi guy, I've really been getting into history and found your channel, this ish is lit I love your channel and you are cool bro Keep making videos if you want, I would appreciate that and I'm sure others would too Signed Michael

@pennywaldrip3774 2 года назад

The history of History... nice.

@SemanticZen 2 года назад

another great video. I see you're drinking Winchester rye. You should try the double oak (finished in sherry casks); quite tasty and a real bargain at less than $30.

@dougmattis9293 2 года назад

Hey MisterHisterMan....nicely done, as usual. Amazing work, in fact. This one is so helpful; thank you!

@SPDYellow 2 года назад

Re:Your Comments on Objectivity: Supposedly, Howard Zinn said something about when he wrote his Peoples' History, he wasn't afraid of being accused of bias, because he believed that it wasn't possible to write a completely unbiased view of history. He said something along the lines of, "Even if he stuck solely to facts, the mere act of choosing which facts to mention and which to leave out is, in itself, an act of bias." I imagine you have your own views of Howard Zinn since you have more than a layman's knowledge of the field, but I thought it was interesting.

@CaptainTingo Год назад

It's almost midnight and I have a historiography exam in the morning...let's see if this video can save me 🙇🏻‍♀️

@HistoryOfRevolutions 2 года назад

"Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history" - Nikolai Berdyaev

@gameboy008 2 года назад

The Beard of Knowledge gave the world The Beard of Understanding.

@kookieless 2 года назад

put this video at 2x speed and damn this is a lot of info for 10 and a half minutes.

@Scottd86 2 года назад

Cypher, what are your thoughts on Neil Howe and William Strauss The Fourth Turning?

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

Seems like wishy washy theorizing to me

@rachyett 6 месяцев назад

Simon Gunn rather than Peter Gunn if anyone is looking for that book. Henry Mancini would be pleased :)

@jimlabbe8258 2 года назад

Can you recommend a good text specifically on methods of historical writing and essay composition?

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

That Tursbian book in the description is standardly assigned for that purpose

@PYRESATVARANASI 2 года назад

Excelente vídeo 👍🏼✨. Soy historiador también y me encantó el formato. Fue corto, y preciso. Claro, no es nada profundo pero funciona como una base general.

@CptPipebeard 2 года назад

I never thought I'd see Psychostick in a history video.

@cookiestheentertainerchann7907 Месяц назад

Where do you place the Cambridge school?

@racer1125 2 года назад

A nice way to dip ones toes into an ocean

@benoitraulin1264 2 года назад

Génial

@younggamer7218 2 года назад

Yeah it really is an interesting thing

@NotHPotter 2 года назад

Hey, look at Fucko over here!

@lamadoracherryannec.4020 Год назад

How do i gets link of references

@adamzandarski8933 2 года назад

It's Mitchell fucko forever now

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 года назад

This is objectively true.

@gelgamath_9903 2 года назад

You get a like for the psychostick reference

@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen 2 года назад

👏🙂

@mathieuleader8601 2 года назад

the book creature in the thumbnail looks like how I would imagine the wizard to look like in a reboot of Pagemaster or some kind of SCP

@LostDreamerX Год назад

Wow

@nicolaseito5172 2 года назад

There is pareto history theory too.

@peterhaag5225 2 года назад

I had the class from the head of the department who never teaches those intro classes. It was pretty wonderful. My grammar however was atrocious.

@omalone1169 2 года назад

15:10 Butler a historian ?

@renobgm 2 года назад

I literally just recently discovered your channel, and also just two or three days ago looked this exact thing up. Are you psychic

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

I KNOW ALL, MWAHAHA

@willgriff 2 года назад

I hate that RU-vid took two days to let me know about this video

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

That might explain it's getting so few views

@willgriff 2 года назад

@@CynicalHistorian keep ya head up joe, it's all good and you are doing important work.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 года назад

@@CynicalHistorian wow, that is a low view count. No idea why, it's formatted a little different from your other content but not fundamentally unrelated or anything.

@supacharredmatt6799 2 года назад

18:55 🤣

@historicalruss9769 2 года назад

I'm starting my Masters in History next week and Historiography is my first class. Glad to see some academic content on RU-vid in my field!

@omalone1169 2 года назад

Book: this noble dream

@eliscanfield3913 2 года назад

Professor Cypher: Today we'll be talking about historiography me: Yes! ...i might be slightly mad, just very slightly mad... Media "makes people complacent and docile." Really, that sounds so much like "Back in *my* day we always respected our parents" or whatever.

@diggs5142 2 года назад

Explanation is not endorsement

@Seth-jn2yq 2 года назад

Believe it or not I searched for this

@MrZombiekiller23 2 года назад

Earrrrly

@TheJayman213 2 года назад

Another jab at the thesis-antithesis-synthesis-paradigm: At 7:30 it looks like communism is the synthesis of capitalism and socialism which is wild.

@ChaosInferno101 2 года назад

Is a history of history how original 😏

@eddrupz1805 Год назад

Its Simon Gunn, not Peter Gunn.

@CynicalHistorian Год назад

Could you please time stamp where i made that mistake?

@unhomesenzill4366 2 года назад

I feel like I watched this before

@jordancridland9657 2 года назад

I have a question. Goodbye Uncle Tom 1971. is an Italian mondo film (pseudo documentaries made to shock audiences.) The premise is that these 2 Italian filmmakers go back in time and interview slaves, played by actors. Practices and opinions of the time are shown. I want to know if what happens in the documentary actually occurred. Because it looks like the purpose of the film is to shock and disgust the viewer out. WARNING- there's ALOT of nudity. And can be found on RU-vid. I've been a fan of your channel for some time.

@warlordofbritannia 2 года назад

My historiographical hot takes: Thucydides is DaDdY, not Herodotus John Demos >>> Boyer and Nissenbaum Livy is just the Roman Herodotus Gibbon is still useful, though in particular for historiographical studies Charles Oman still holds up in most matters Cambyses killed his brother Mary Beard actually had a beard, but it was airbrushed out of all visual depictions Richard III apologists are just stupid contrarians All JFK assassination conspiracy theories are true at once, actually

@theshenpartei 2 года назад

Got the notification

@lion9460 2 года назад

jesus, cipher. do you EVER blink? (good vid tho)

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

Never! (It's a trick of cutting so quickly)

@marcusimpresario7724 2 года назад

~ The Journalist's Creed: Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story. Never let truth stand in the way of The Narrative. ~

@sket4ket47 2 года назад

The bourgeois aren't the middle class. In Marxism there is no middle class. There are the proletariat (those who work) and bourgeois (those who own). Petit bourgeois are people who do both. For example a small business owner

@KarlWinterling 2 года назад

So, uh... * Postmodernism: Categories like race, class, and gender are socially constructed. * Libertarian Marxism (AKA Neo-Marxism or New Left): People can make a better world together if they recognize current and historical mistreatment. Empiricism and changing your mind = good. * Frankfurt School: Modern entertainment makes you docile. * Great Leap Forward: Catastrophic famine caused by Mao Zedong implementing outrageously disastrous economic policies his own authoritarian communist economic advisors warned against. Mao was motivated by a desire to prove China's superiority as a nation and refused to change course when presented with evidence of a disaster.

@freshjohn. 2 года назад

The statue of the old man that you always put different glasses on… Who the heck is he? What is his name? And what is he holding up?? It’s starting to drive me mad. Jk but I seriously would like to know his name please? because I want to google him!! I can’t figure out who he is. Apparently there are a shit ton of statues that were made of men holding up things from lanterns all the way to holding up heads. So please would you please enlighten me? I would seriously highly appreciate it. Thanks. Bye the way, I’m a new subscriber! Cool channel! Good shit man!

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

It's Diogenes holding a lantern in the shape of a zero = cynical cypher

@varisleek3360 2 года назад

beard life.

@jacobedward2401 2 года назад

Are you lonely and sad? Grow a beard! Want to look good in plaid? Grow a beard!

@tarasdubenskyy508 2 года назад

Every historian is just a human, just a spider weaving some web..

@warriorwhacko 2 года назад

Ahh, Michel Fucko. Distant cousin of noted game developer Fred Fuchs featured on AVGN.

@glhmedic 2 года назад

You know if you slow your speech to normal this video would 2 hours. Just saying

@mudgetheexpendable 2 года назад

You got to Gramsci and my brain started playing Tetris all by itself. This is proof of the absolute cultural flux we're in while the world waits for China to set the new rules.

@beacebrocess 2 года назад

history is just shit happening

@KevinContreras2013 2 года назад

Not only that, but why it happened

@beacebrocess 2 года назад

@@KevinContreras2013 nah gimme that nice and dry “this happened and then this happened” i want history to be written like it’s a DMV manual. Thiccc tomes of pure information

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 2 года назад

@@beacebrocess that's not history then, it's a chronicle. History is an explanation of why things happened, not just what happened. (also neither is objective since you still have to decide what goes into a chronicle but still)

@user-ui3be2gx1o 7 месяцев назад

This video is a mess of information and concepts times thinkers policies just dumped at 200 miles anhour

@CynicalHistorian 7 месяцев назад

Did you ignore the "rapid" part of the title?

@lipingrahman6648 2 года назад

A much better way of thinking about history is first and foremost abandon any form of teleology. The real knowledge we have gotten from Science has shown that there is no point or purpose or direction to the happenings to the universe, least still one little species on one little world amid the black seas of infinity. And certainly not the little thing we call human history. Likewise the very silly contingencies of nation, peace, justice, gender, equality, blood, race, and all philosophies, etc are wholly inappropriate to describe the history of a species that is 300,000 years old and a genus of millions of years old. The little history we learn in schools and the various faith systems around them are but a most insignificant part of the real history of this planet or this universe which are billions of years old.