"Historicism" may also refer to
Schools of History Historicism is the theory that claims:that there is an organic succession of developments (also known as historism or the
German historismus), andthat local conditions and peculiarities influence the results in a decisive way.It can be contrasted with
reductionist theories which suppose that all developments can be explained by fundamental principles (such as in
economic determinism).
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