View source for On the Issue of Group History vs Individualistic Historical Narratives

=Basics=
*In recent discussion on how history (in the "real world" as well as simple smaller scale studies such as "who discovered what" in science/medecine etc) is told, there is a debate as to whether it should be told as a story of "Geniuses and Heroes" (In the most extreme case "Great Man Theory" ) or as a story of collective history of the people's struggle (In the most extreme case ultra-collectivist thought of leaders/inventors being irrelevant due to being inevitable, or even being called abstract historical creations of sorts)
*Granted as is cleche with these issues "BalAnCE iS kEy", however it is relevant to the feilds of [[Crediting Original Creators]] ,  and Education to kind of get a concrete policy on this
**Scientific literature in many ways has done this via [[Citations]]

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=External Links=
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srVVqWTJHE8 A Video by [[Hank Green]] of the Youtube Channel [[Vlog Brothers]] titled "How We Teach: Individualist Stories" ] (great quick summary/insight on this issue)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory The Wikipedia Page on Great Man Theory]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_history The Wikipedia Page on People's History]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_history The Wikipedia Page on Social History]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People's_History_of_the_United_States The Wikipedia Page on the book "A People's History of the United States" ]
**This is an nonfiction book by a political scientist outlining their view of USA history, mainly (as obious by the title...) from the perspective of the people (ie people's / social history)
***It was so controversial it has become a member of the [[Banned Books]]

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