Consider the following statements about objectivity and bias in historical writing:
- Complete objectivity in historical research is often regarded as impossible due to the historian's inherent subjectivity.
- Marxist historiography claims to be more objective because of its focus on class struggles as the core driving force of history.
- The Annales School promoted a return to narrative history, opposing the trend of quantification in historical studies.
- Post-modernist historians challenge the very idea of objective truth, arguing that all history is a subjective construct.
Which of the above statements are correct?
1
1, 3, and 4
2
1, 2, and 4
3
2, 3, and 4
4
1, 2, and 3