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As a social science, history has been known as the study of the past. It is
unique because it can be almost effortlessly connected to other academic
disciplines.
A historian is not merely concerned with the tracing of the history of the
political process by a narration of the episodes. But he has to learn the nature
of fundamental political principles and basic forms of political institution.
History is very helpful to politics because the political aspects is a part of the
whole range of activity recorded by historian and knowledge of history would
enable the politicians to know the politics better and play their role effectively.
Both history and sociology are concerned with the study of man in society
and differed only with regard to their approach. Max Weber acknowledges the
initial dependence of sociology upon history. Although, history too benefits
from the interaction.
Modern history has gone beyond the traditional status of an antiquarian and
leisure time pursuit to a very useful and indispensable part of a man’s
education. It is more scientific and more comprehensive. It has expanded in
all directions both vertically and horizontally. It has become broad-based and
attractive. According to modern concept, history does not contain only the
history of kings and queens, battles and generals, but the history of the
common man-his house and clothing, his fields and their cultivation, his
continued efforts to protect his home and hearth, and to obtain a just
government, his aspirations, achievements, disappointments, defeats and
failures. It is not only the individual but the communities and the societies
are the subject of study of history. Study of history deepens our
understanding of the potentialities and limitations of the present. It has thus
become a future-oriented study related to contemporary problems. For all
these reasons, history has assumed the role of a human science.
Opinions are very much divided on the question whether history is a science
or an art.
MODULE: READING IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
“A historian cannot arrive at general principles or laws which may enable him
to predict with certainty the occurrence of like events, under given conditions.
A scientist on the other hand, looks at knowledge from a universal angle and
arrives at certain generalizations that help him to control the present and
predict the future.
2. Complex: The facts of history are very complicated and seldom repeat in
the real sense of the term.
3. Varied: The underlying facts of history have wide scope. They are so varied
that they can seldom be uniform.
It is also based on the narrative account of the past; thus it is an art or a piece
of literature. Physical and natural sciences are impersonal, impartial and
MODULE: READING IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
Past from a certain point of view. History cannot remain at the level of knowing
only. The construction and reconstruction of the past are inevitable parts of
history.
Like the work of art, its wholeness, harmony and truth are inseparable from
a concrete and vivid appreciation of its parts. History, in fact, is a social
science and an art. In that lie its flexibility, its variety and excitement.
Scope of History
The scope of History is vast; it is the story of man in relation to totality of his
behavior. The scope of history means the breadth, comprehensiveness, variety
and extent of learning experiences, provided by the study.
History which was only limited to a local saga, has during the course of
century become universal history of mankind, depicting man’s achievements
in every field of life-political, economic, social, cultural, scientific,
technological, religious and artistic etc., and at various levels-local, regional,
national, and international.
It starts with the past; makes present its sheet-anchor and points to the
future. Events like wars, revolutions, rise and fall of empires, fortunes and
misfortunes of great empire builders as well as the masses in general are all
the subject matter of history.
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