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Understanding Whig History and Butterfield by Felipe is a document available to read on EtoBox.
- Whig history presents the past as an inevitable progression towards modern liberal democracy, focusing on increases in liberty, enlightenment, and constitutional government over time. - The term "Whig history" was coined by British historian Herbert Butterfield in 1931 to criticize histories that view the past through a presentist lens focused on inevitable progress. - Butterfield argued that Whig histories compromise objectivity by assuming certain political views were universally held throughout history
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- Felipe
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- EN