Polityczność historii. Uwagi teoretyczne i metodologiczne
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Summary/Abstract: The question of the political character of history, considered from the perspective of pure theory, should not pose a greater problem to a theoretician of politics than that of the political character of any other object that is not political by its nature. The potential, features, context properties, undefined boundaries – are only a few selected terms by means of which, the political character of history can be explained and described in a purely theoretical way. If, however, we take into consideration the fact that the political character also has its political context, then its natural theories can also be treated as ideologically not indifferent concepts. The political character of history will become then a more complex problem, requiring an answer to the question: What kind of political character is it? I proposed three concepts of it, that is conservative, liberal and leftist. Such a doctrinal qualifying does not decide in advance about a conflict between them, one in which contemporary times and their political emanations, especially liberal democracy, constitute the object of argument. An additional obstacle is connected with the fact that history is a relation on political history, thus it is also this sphere, as a collective memory and a field of science, which clashes with contemporary times. The memory of the past, in particular, full of evaluative approach and associations connected with the Weltanshaaung, enters or is introduced into ideological contexts on different levels: social, party- and state-related. All these circumstances, although mentioned in this selective way only, form a whole complex network of connections – on different levels and in many aspects – between history and politics. Even if by means of the category of political character it has not been possible to explain all of them, then – at least – they have been revealed.

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