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What Does History Tell the Future?

Author(s): Ömer Soner Hunkan
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Oku Okut Yayınları
Keywords: History; Historian; Methodology; History Methodology; Records;

Summary/Abstract: History is the past life of human beings that has been recorded in terms of time and space. These experiences represent both a memory and an experience to this extent. Despite the changes in the age and the materials used, the nature of human beings is always the same. With this aspect, it should not be wrong to say that history is the future itself in the light of the past. However, the main problem here is the issue of transferring the past as it happened, that is, correctly. Because, with all the reality of history, due to its nature, it has no language to express itself. At this point, the historian intervenes as a means. The historian, on the other hand, is not only a biological being but also a concrete product of a culture and civilization, and perhaps most importantly, he is a unique personality. For example, does the customer become a historian from a personality? Would you like to listen to what history has to say about the future? I say don't say "no" to these questions right away, remember what you want to hear. attributed to Mevlana; "But I look at a word to see if it's a word, and I look at the person who says it, to see if it's a man." His words give us solid clues in this regard. It should be easy to understand how valuable his universally accepted methodology, which makes history a science, is even when you bring to mind the interdisciplinary definitions of the historian's personal weaknesses in his daily life. In this study, which is briefly discussed, what history tells the future within the scope of history, historian, records, and methodology is discussed.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 29-32
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Turkish
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