Historicism

Historicism is a term which applies to theories of culture or development which place the greatest weight on two factors: one is the organic succession of developments, and the other is that local conditions and peculiarities influence in a decisive way the results. It can be contrasted with reductionist theories which suppose that all developments are individual and ad hoc, and on the other hand that there is a universal and unilinear progression to development. Separate from these usages is the use of the word to denote using biblical prophecy as the lens to interpret all contemporary events.

External links

Hegel

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• The Hegel Society of America
• http://www.hegel.net/
• Hegel in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• http://www.gwfhegel.org/
• Hegel page in 'The History Guide'

Anthropology

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Popper

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• Extracts from The Poverty of Historicism

New Historicism

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• New Historicism Explained
• Claes G. Ryn, Defining Historicism
• M. D. Murphy, Historicism

Biblical Prophecy

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• http://www.historicism.net/