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#17 - Must Be True, Except

 moshei24
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-  Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:39 am #5985
I chose (D). Why is it (B)? Isn't contingency exactly what (B) is?

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 Nikki Siclunov
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-  Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:28 pm #6033
It's tricky. The reason why (D) is not correct is because contingencies are controllable to some extend (they are "social phenomena over which we have various degrees of control" - lines 21 - 22). (B) is the correct answer choice, because contingencies are not a form of historical structuring: they help shape our identities and capabilities, and in doing so inform our making of history. In other words, contingencies form historical structuring, but are not a form of historical structuring. Do you see the subtle distinction?
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