Historical consciousness is only one of many differentpathways to understanding the past, one closely associated with the development of 'History' as a literary genre in Ancient Greece. How did this mode of understanding the human past emerge and come to dominate our thinking about past events and processes?What does it mean to explain the past 'historically'? How has history developed its explanations of the actions, behaviours and thoughts of human beings in the past from the Enlightenment to the present? This unit explores the 'history of History' by offering a toolkit for making sense of the wide range of theoretical positions which support historical explanations.
Unit details and rules
Unit code | ANHS3635 |
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Academic unit | Classics and Ancient History |
Credit points | 6 |
Prohibitions
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ANHS2691 or ANHS2692 or ANHS2612 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Corequisites
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ben Brown, benjamin.brown@sydney.edu.au |
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