The Whig interpretation of history

The Whig interpretation of history

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In economics, as in other Garden disciplines, one often comes across the term "Whig" or its derivatives.One will find, for example, a particular account being branded as whiggish.Butterfield, who was a historian, introduced the idea of a Whig interpretation of history in 1931.Since then the term has usually been used to classify an approach which views the present as the culmination of a march Surfox Accessories of progress.

This paper provides a brief background to the origin of the term and why Butterfield criticised what he called the Whig interpretation of history.