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out of respect? Paraphrasing Chesterton, tradition is refusing to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. If
by Barrin92 3y ago
out of respect? Paraphrasing Chesterton, tradition is refusing to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.
If I respect an author enough to spend hours of my life reading her work, why should I discard her opinion the moment she dies? If you're going to honor one thing about a person it probably ought to be their will.
- Almondsetat 3y agoIs the profession of a historian inherently immoral then? How many things we know and how many of them are of crucial historical importance that were not supposed to be known?
- ozim 3y agoIdea is that historians don’t deal with recently deceased and they are not digging into their close relatives or friends. I do wish my close ones to obey my will. I don’t care about some random person 50 years later after I die. I will also obey the will of my relatives and close ones to show that I respect the will so when it is my turn to go away others will treat me as I treated others.
- Almondsetat 3y ago>Idea is that historians don’t deal with recently deceased Cold War historians exist and have to deal with people both recently deceased or still alive. Should Cold War history research be locked away for a century or more?