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PRYCIS : BIAS IN HISTORICAL , INTERPRETATION , AND EXPLANATION

The focal point of the is to prepare a prycis of the article Bias in Historical , Interpretation , and Explanation published in the journal History and Theory on 17 Dec 2002 . The fundamental objective of the article is to prove the distortion of history in the context of presentation and interpretation

The article explains that there is a common myth about impartial interpretation of historical data . In other words , it is generally taken as granted that

there are no personal bias in the context of explaining a historical with the help of genetic explanations and of historical events and personalities . This , according to the article , is not very correct . It refers to several incidents and texts that establish the author 's thesis . It shows that there are occasions of historical analysis where the results are quite misleading

The article indicates towards occurrences where a historians have mad their account quite unfair by implementing personal bias into analysis thus altering the course of result in accordance to their personal and individual preferences that were of interest to them . Thus , the author mentions that while one is reading into the lines of a historian , it is important to remember that there is every chance of getting distracted by the personal bias of the author . Thus , it is important to understand and become aware of cultural relativity , general cultural bias and specifically personal bias , which is dominated...