单词	periodize
释义	periodize /ˈpɪərɪədʌɪz / (also periodise) verb [with object] formal Divide (a portion of time) into periods: this illustrates the dangers of periodizing history and of ignoring the carry-over of medieval ideas... This was the hegemonic text in which Mill periodised Indian history into three periods - Hindu civilisation, Muslim civilisation and the British period. His raising of the problem of periodizing the history of the discussion about the historical Jesus is important, and I hope the insight is deepened to the point where the periods are recognized for what they are: perspectival shifts. This suggests that scholars need a new model for periodizing environmental history, one that emphasizes the 1950s and also focuses on European integration. Derivatives periodization /pɪərɪədʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ... As for accepting the words ‘twenty-first’ and ‘century,’ our inner historians should cry out for better periodization. What is clear is that the various ‘post ‘categories are not very useful in any attempt at periodization. These were accepted largely without question and we have lived with this periodisation for almost two hundred years.…
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