Historical determinism
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Historical determinismis the belief that events in history are entirely determined or constrained by various prior forces and, therefore, in a certain sense, inevitable. It is philosophical view ofdeterminismapplied to the process or direction by which history unfolds. Historical determinism places the cause of the event behind it.
The concept ofDeterminismappeared in the 19th century. The main idea is that certain factors determine the existence of humans and therefore limit the scope of theirfree will.In history, this is an approach that holds that history is intrinsically meaningful. Used as a pejorative, it is normally meant to designate a rigid finalist or mechanist conception of historical unfolding that makes the future appear as an inevitable and predetermined result of the past.
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- Philo (22 August 2022)."Historical determinism".ISM book.