Briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism (the use of modern values to interpret past events) in the study of those past events.

Question

Ray Fields

Social Studies

26 September, 02:15

Briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism (the use of modern values to interpret past events) in the study of those past events.

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Adelyn Haas · Answer 1

It would be necessary to focus on the objective information, and also to separate the influence of the present cultural environment from the past events.

Explanation:

In the study of past events, it would be necessary to take into account the idea of being objective towards the information about historical events. Since, it is known that the perception of the present surrounding environment and the social interaction lived by the researcher, could affect the study of past events,. It would be important to draw a line in order to separate the information corresponding to each epoch of time without modifying history by the influence of the present.