Telling the Truth about History"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist |
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... past that will help them elucidate the present. Our central argument is that skepticism and relativism about truth, not only in science but also in history and politics, have grown out of the insistent democratization of Western society ...
... past that will help them elucidate the present. Our central argument is that skepticism and relativism about truth, not only in science but also in history and politics, have grown out of the insistent democratization of Western society ...
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... past and takes an intellectual stance for the present that seeks to promote an ever more democratic society. To achieve this aim, it is essential to confront the perennial controversies over national history, scientific integrity, and ...
... past and takes an intellectual stance for the present that seeks to promote an ever more democratic society. To achieve this aim, it is essential to confront the perennial controversies over national history, scientific integrity, and ...
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... past? Must history be continually rewritten to undo the perpetuation of racial and sexual stereotypes? Or should it ... past have failed to create a comfortable consensus, and because change is the essence of historical experience, some ...
... past? Must history be continually rewritten to undo the perpetuation of racial and sexual stereotypes? Or should it ... past have failed to create a comfortable consensus, and because change is the essence of historical experience, some ...
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... past are possible, even if they are not absolute, and hence are worth struggling for. Reaction to the experience of World War II with its horrendous new weaponry and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime temporarily forestalled the ...
... past are possible, even if they are not absolute, and hence are worth struggling for. Reaction to the experience of World War II with its horrendous new weaponry and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime temporarily forestalled the ...
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... past in order to illuminate the problems of the present and the potential of the future. In the pages that follow we show how historians have conceptualized their task in the past, particularly how history has gone from telling a simple ...
... past in order to illuminate the problems of the present and the potential of the future. In the pages that follow we show how historians have conceptualized their task in the past, particularly how history has gone from telling a simple ...
Contents
History Makes a Nation | |
Competing Histories of America | |
Discovering the Clay Feet of Science | |
Postmodernism and the Crisis of Modernity | |
Truth and Objectivity | |
The Future of History | |
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Telling the Truth about History Joyce Oldham Appleby,Lynn Hunt,Lynn Avery Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob Limited preview - 1994 |
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