Seignobos x Simiand: the quarrel of the historical method with social science in the early twentieth century

Authors

  • Rafael Nascimento Gomes Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-8871.2018v19n30p123-141

Keywords:

Historiography, Methodical School, Charles Seignobos, François Simiand.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the quarrel at the beginning of the twentieth century in France, but which had repercussions beyond the hexagon, between the Sciences History and Social Science, specifically the quarrel of the historical method with social science, between the historian Charles Seignobos (1854-1942) and the economist and sociologist François Simiand (1836-1935). The intellectual clash between Seignobos and Simiand is part of a larger process of institutionalization and professionalization of these areas of knowledge. Therefore, from this French socio-intellectual context, we intend to explore the debate between the historical method, proposed by the so-called Methodical School, led by Seignobos, and Social Science, which sought to gain academic-institutional space, represented by Simiand.

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Author Biography

Rafael Nascimento Gomes, Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade de Brasília (Linha de Pesquisa: Política, instituições e relações de poder). Bolsista CAPES. Possui mestrado (2014-2016) e graduação em História (Bacharelado/Licenciatura) na mesma instituição (2010-2013). Realizou intercâmbio na Universidad de la República, Montevidéu (2012). Pesquisa sobre a História da América Latina, História das Relações Internacionais do Brasil e História do Rio da Prata, com ênfase nas relações entre Brasil, Uruguai e Argentina. É membro do Núcleo de Estudos Latino-Americanos (IREL/UnB). Em 2017, publicou o livro “As relações diplomáticas entre Brasil e Uruguai (1931-1398)” pela Paco Editorial.

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Published

2018-07-29

How to Cite

GOMES, Rafael Nascimento. Seignobos x Simiand: the quarrel of the historical method with social science in the early twentieth century. Cadernos de História, Belo Horizonte, v. 19, n. 30, p. 123–141, 2018. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-8871.2018v19n30p123-141. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/cadernoshistoria/article/view/13960. Acesso em: 18 sep. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 30 (2018): Dossier History and Historians

Section

Dossier - Articles: History and Historians

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