tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post8382385318734018858..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Historical Progress and Reasonable MenIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-47440671691973880312009-11-19T09:49:00.402-05:002009-11-19T09:49:00.402-05:00Amazing comments RVA; you were able to properly ve...Amazing comments RVA; you were able to properly verbalize [much better than myself] questions regarding moving away from the narrative approach to history.Miss S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10887805742474651903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-35226984271967182222009-11-19T00:40:49.140-05:002009-11-19T00:40:49.140-05:00In this sense, the two doctrines are in conflict: ...In this sense, the two doctrines are in conflict: First, that we should unpolemicize history; Second, that humans inevitability tend to “narrativize” history to fit our cultural and societal values. You write, “We wish to find that hero who took on the forces of darkness and forever changed the world for the better. We want it so badly that we will write him into history, running over any RVAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-16735195656598847762009-11-19T00:40:19.504-05:002009-11-19T00:40:19.504-05:00Pt. 1
I find both of your following contentions p...Pt. 1<br /><br />I find both of your following contentions persuasive, that – a) History should be taught from an unpolemical stance and that we should try to understand historical events from the perspectives, rationales, and narratives which individuals in that era would view the world; and b) that we inevitably transform history into a narrative with identifiable heroes and villains.<br /><br RVAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-26908246960809605712009-11-18T06:57:57.271-05:002009-11-18T06:57:57.271-05:00Thank you for writing a post specifically to addre...Thank you for writing a post specifically to address my concerns.Miss S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10887805742474651903noreply@blogger.com