What Makes a Historiography as an Intellectual History Possible:Reflections on the Enlightenment Historiography as an Example
In terms of the similarities that exist in the objects,the research of historiography can draw on some methods in which of intellectual history analyses texts.In this regard,the study of the Enlightenment historian Edward Gibbon provides a good example.Scholars such as Momigliano,Trevor-Roper,and Pocock have combined Gibbon's texts with their contexts,offering historical interpretations from different perspectives,thereby deepening the study of Enlightenment historiography.However,in addition to considering the context,the study of historiography also needs to consider the characteristics of historiography as a discipline as well as the corresponding research methods.In recent years,researchers have used for reference the research methods of the history of knowledge,and have analyzed how "history" is "generated." For the study of historiography from this perspective,intellectual history can allow researchers to more deeply examine the intellectual conditions of the generation of historical knowledge and the intellectual environment of historians' actions.For example,without an examination of the intellectual context which Enlightenment historiography belongs to,researchers may likely fail to historically understand it.
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