COMPARATIVE HISTORY: REALIZATIONS AND ORIGINS OF A DISCIPLINARY FIELD

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  • José D'Assunção Barros Professor de História da Universidade Severino Sombra (Vassouras, RJ).

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https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v12i2.5472

Abstract

This article attempts to discuss some aspects related to the Comparative History -considered here as a specifically historiographical field - as also to discuss the possibilities and limits of a Comparative Method in History. After an initial discussion about the situation of Comparative History nowadays and some considerations about the origins of this historiographical modality, its definition and fundaments, the text examine some types and possibilities of the historical comparativisms, discussing authors as Marc Bloch, Toynbee and Max Weber. The mainly purpose is to reach a delineation of this field of study.

 

KEY WORDS: comparative history, comparative method, history writing.

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Author Biography

José D'Assunção Barros, Professor de História da Universidade Severino Sombra (Vassouras, RJ).

 

Published

2009-01-26

How to Cite

BARROS, J. D. COMPARATIVE HISTORY: REALIZATIONS AND ORIGINS OF A DISCIPLINARY FIELD. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/hr.v12i2.5472. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/5472. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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