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The academic work of history and teaching history to non-historians have different constraints; the latter requires certain reduction to causality. Or at least
by drb91 8y ago
The academic work of history and teaching history to non-historians have different constraints; the latter requires certain reduction to causality. Or at least that seems like the current state of affairs. I’m not necessarily a fan, but it’s better than no education at all.
- UncleMeat 8y agoDisagree totally. It is more important here. The reason we teach the humanities to non-experts is to teach empathy and the ability to fully separate from your own context. Teaching history backwards sabotages this effort.
- drb91 8y agoWhere and when and with whom would you propose teaching people? This is a solvable problem, but you have to justify being ABLE to just do it right the first time.