Change and continuity
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Dichotomy
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Change and continuity is a classic
FDR's New Deal represented "a radical innovation or a continuation of earlier themes in American life?" and posed the question of whether "historical interpretations of the New Deal [should] stress change or emphasize continuity?"[2]
The issue here is if the New Deal marks something radically new (change) in US history or if the New Deal can be understood as a continuation (continuity) of tendencies in American history that were in place well before the 1930.
The dichotomy is important in relation to constructing, discussing, and evaluating historical
the Victorian Era,) the dichotomy can be used to assess when a period can be said to start and end, thus making the dichotomy important in relation to understanding historical chronology. Economic historian Alexander Gerschenkron has taken issue with the dichotomy, arguing that continuity "appears to mean no more than absence of change, i.e. stability."[3] German historian Reinhart Koselleck, however, has been said to challenge this dichotomy.[4]
Notes
- ^ Jørn Henrik Petersen og Klaus Petersen. "Præsentation: Dansk velfærdshistorie." Historisk Tidsskrift (Denmark), bind 110, hæfte 1, s. 217.
- ^ Richard Kirkendall. "The New Deal As Watershed: The Recent Literature." The Journal of American History Vol. 54, No. 4 (1968), pp. 839.
- ^ Alexander Gerschenkron. "On the Concept of Continuity in History." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 106, No. 3 (Jun. 29, 1962), pp. 195–209.
- ^ Reinhardt Koselleck (2006) "Conceptual History, Memory, and Identity: An Interview with Reinhart Koselleck." Interview by Javiér Fernández Sebastián and Juan Francisco Fuentes Contributions to the History of Concepts Vol. 2, pp. 110–12.
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