Contemporary Historiography and Realism: The Postmodernist Question

Abstract

One of the questions with post-modernism touches on the objectivity of historical inquiry and writing. Creating a  framework from the thoughts of Johann Droysen and Michel Foucault within the context of historical truth, this article  involves an overview of central philosophies and theories of history as a field of study in the humanities. It also  considers key existing ideals on historical realism and then addresses this post-modernist question by evaluating the  veracity of some of its positions, arguments and criticisms on language, culture, and metanarratives in its historical   deconstructive approach.