Subject’ and ‘Objectivity’ in the Th eory of Historiography Cover Image

„Subjekt“ a „objektivita“ v teorii historicko-vědního poznání
Subject’ and ‘Objectivity’ in the Th eory of Historiography

Author(s): Jan Horský
Subject(s): Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Methodology and research technology, Philosophy of History
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Fakulta humanitních studií
Keywords: historical knowledge; methodology; philosophy of history;

Summary/Abstract: In his polemic text, which reacts to a study by Mikuláš Čtvrtník, the author draws attention to the currently usually unrefl ected use of the terms subjective and objective in historical, anthropological, and sociological texts. Th is theoretical contribution focuses on the subject of the researcher and on subjectivity as a way of perceiving social reality in the cognitive process.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 361-371
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech