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Историческая наука в XXI веке. Ключевые слова
This article summarizes manifesting trends that develop in historical discipline in the 21st century: new research topics, transformation of lexicon, main categories and interdisciplinary alliances. The author demonstrates that in the past few decades standards of the stern scientific approach established in 1960s by the new scientific history considerably deteriorated while the subject area has broadened enormously. The attitude of historians towards theoretical models has changed. The requirement for accuracy of scientific statements declined and, as a result, the eclectic merging of different theories, concepts and ideas in the same research has become a common practice. The disciplinary language of contemporary historian has changed significantly as well. These changes might be explained by paradigm shifting and influence of new social sciences: cultural studies, memory studies, urban studies, media studies, cinema studies, digital studies, semiotics and others. To sum up, contemporary historical science reflects the state of social sciences.