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> all history is revisionist history That would be the revisionist view. But history is also one of the sciences, and with a methodology that predates postmod
by jorangreef 6y ago
> all history is revisionist history
That would be the revisionist view.
But history is also one of the sciences, and with a methodology that predates postmodernism.
- watwut 6y agoThe history as field starts with Roman historians who literally felt free to make things up or guess them where it suited them. If anything, history as field is getting more accurate and more complete. Especially with digitalization and when writing about eras that left tons of written material after them.
- memling 6y agowhere would you put Herodotus or Thucydides or xenophon? the first historians weren't Roman really. there are other works less self consciously historical that predate them too, right?