Total Historian
Reviewing Peter Schöttler’s new intellectual biography of Marc Bloch, co-founder of the Annales school, Mulder revisits Bloch’s ambitious vision for the study of history. Bloch rejected the discipline’s traditional focus…
Summary
Peter Schöttler’s intellectual biography of Marc Bloch highlights the historian’s innovative approach to history, which challenged conventional methods by emphasizing social and economic factors over mere political events. Bloch’s vision, as co-founder of the Annales school, aimed to broaden the scope of historical study, advocating for a more interdisciplinary and comprehensive understanding of the past.
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