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Issue48"The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
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Should the study of history places more emphasis on the forgotten group than the famous few, as the speaker asserts? In a sense, I do side with this statement. The study of history overlooks the crucial role of faceless people and unfairly gives them a second priority over time. I am also willing to concede that individual’s contributions to the society are significant, but when it comes to mass movement and cooperation, the importance of them should be play down.
Admittedly, given emphasis to individual in history’s study has its own merit. Most of the history book informs us the key individual that had been contributed to profoundly. Moreover, the learning about the great human achievements of the past provides inspiration. For instance, an individual inspired by the plausibility and courage of history’s great social activist, such as Martin Luther King, might decide as a result to pursue a career in sociology, anthropology, or politics. Even for an individual not inclined to pursue this sorts of careers, studying historical examples of courage in the face of adversity can provide motivation to face their own personal fears in life. Therefore, it seems certain that emphasizing individuals advantageous, but it also has many negative impacts.
I have no intention of underestimating the value of individual; neither do I mean to negate the importance of the faceless people. Historical used to pay most attention to individual. When we crack the history books, it has no difficulty in finding so much celebrity biographies and society always refer the success to the famous few that will bring on a pernicious consequence. Due to emphasize individual, individual heroism is instilling into people’s mind that is lethal to society. Cooperation has been gaining significance in present-day society, while individual heroism is not applicable currently. Studying the faceless people offers evidence about how nations have interacted with other societies, providing international and comparative perspective essential for cooperation, which will embolden us and lift our spirits.
In most case, faceless people have played a more pivotal role in the epoch-making event and development run, while the famous few are just the delegate of them. Consider certain revolutionary movement, such as the Paris Commune, which go down in history and hand down a good reputation to a hundred future generations because it was consider the first communist movement. The year 1871 witnessed the heroic uprising of the Paris Commune that is no question of success without support from the masses. Look from the historical perspective, significant as a great famous few in contemporary society the value of mass should by no means be de-emphasized in revolutionary movement. The reform should response to the demand of the people and accepts by mass which is the vital factor to proceed the reform. In short, the forgotten people should get more attentions, as I see it.
To summarize, I agree with the speaker’s assertion that the study of history should place more emphasis on forgotten people that is much more advantaged to us. |
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