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本帖最后由 weasel 于 2010-5-4 01:05 编辑
晚上从刚开始写头脑就不太清楚了,明天我还得再看看,
抛弃了原来总结的套路,写得时间长多了
Various voices emerge at mere mention of the issue that if the study of history should exert more emphasis on few celebrated individuals focusing on their prowess and in contrast ignore the vital effects of unknown groups, who are considered also centerpieces of most events and trends in history. In view of these issues’ complexity, I make defined analysis about it and then get a conclusion: admittedly, groups virtually affect the process of history; however, few individuals’ essential roles can not be replaced. After the analysis, I ask myself that what historians should do when facing this problem.
Obviously, without harnessing power of the many, any one only with some sticking personal abilities can not push the whole history’s advancing. An individual can be regarded as a single girder in the society. Even if it may be the main support, only working with other pillars hand in hand can it show its unique capabilities and then hand up a great building. Thus, it is similar to any famous individuals in history that all historical skyscrapers entail a main support and other less conspicuous girders as well. It is the groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten that act as these common pillars. The history’s process requires them and the history has forgotten them at the same time.
However, no matter how reasonable the view above is, it does not mean that historians should pay all attentions to the many. With respect to the feasibility, it is only an ideal condition that the data of all people in groups, which impact trends and events of history, could be recorded and the researchers happen to dig them out and these data happens to be intact. Does such data really exist in the world? Even though it does, this kind of data can not record all peoples’ behaviors and ideas, and offer a judgment that they indeed influence history’s trends and events. Therefore, it is impossible for the historians to spend large amounts of time, energy and money on this meaningless work.
Besides, when focusing on few historical celebrities, researchers can find lots of merits that refer to their personalities which are filled with signs of that time and desire of whole society. In any significant revolutions or even a single battle in history, there are always some leaders, heroes and some extraordinary individuals who affect people’s ideas and values, bring hopes to the many and thus take groups to the success with welfare and happiness. Even if descendants can find few famous individuals’ personalities and advanced ideas from the public because they are imparted to the many, it is no doubt that studying these unique personalities and ideas directly from the few individuals, is more effective and worthy.
How will the historians address the problems with dilemma? In my point of view, the optimal approach for us is to seek a balance. In reality, the genuine purpose of the study on history is rooted not in reminding us the past but rather delivering the eternal values and spirits which can provide us with a hopeful future. Obviously, any study of history should aim at this final purpose and does not need to choose what should be cared with more sight.
From the statement above, there is no denying that everyone should face the truth that the public presents a strong power to history’s process. However, no reasons can support the point that all groups should be studied with the impossibility and lack of advantages. So, what should researchers do on earth? What they should really focus all their energy on is history’s external value, but not any alternative about what they should study. |
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