When Thompson is talking about the positivist approach he says "it can often mean that you can describe a society independent of how that society is perceived by the people who live within it... which i reject for reasons that I don't think I have to go into here" Does anyone know where he discusses this further (apart from the preface to 'Making of the English working Class) ?
It's kind of a pointless AND circular assertion, if a Thompson or anyone else defines positivist as often meaning something which does not include an aspect he deems vital then he can reject it based on the definition. But is there really someone which happily wears that label 'I am a positivist historian so I will completely omit records of perceptions'
I guess. the one who asked question at the end of this video is Peter Burke.
Great, thanks for this.
When Thompson is talking about the positivist approach he says "it can often mean that you can describe a society independent of how that society is perceived by the people who live within it... which i reject for reasons that I don't think I have to go into here"
Does anyone know where he discusses this further (apart from the preface to 'Making of the English working Class) ?
It's kind of a pointless AND circular assertion, if a Thompson or anyone else defines positivist as often meaning something which does not include an aspect he deems vital then he can reject it based on the definition. But is there really someone which happily wears that label 'I am a positivist historian so I will completely omit records of perceptions'
@@sacredsoma It may be a type of confirmation bias. "Too logical to trust reality."
@@coreycox2345 it's a cartoon Marxoids erect to feel good about whatever they do as being special or otherwise