Whig history¶
Butterfield, H. (1931). Whig history.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Mechanisms¶
- Era Label Review
- Its natural target is Whig-history teleology and presentism: reading the past as an inevitable march toward the present, or judging it purely by today's standards.
This sourceTogether with presentism — judging the past by present values — it is the exact teleology an era label can smuggle in, which is why the review checks a name against contemporaneous evidence rather than its tidy fit with the present.
- Its natural target is Whig-history teleology and presentism: reading the past as an inevitable march toward the present, or judging it purely by today's standards.
- Teleology Checklist
- It is the operational guard against Whig history
This sourceThe checklist is a concrete way to catch that habit in a text before it hardens into "it was always heading here."
- It is the operational guard against Whig history
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