I think that the main issue is that Furet is the last explicitly conservative historian, and while he was great, probably the greatest, and he made the entire f

I think that the main issue is that Furet is the last explicitly conservative historian, and while he was great, probably the greatest, and he made the entire field better, he was also not Anglo, and specialized in a very French topic. The issue is that while conservative historians exist (and thrive, Furetians are respected, at least here), they mostly do not focus on what anglo conservatives think they should be focused on. Also, as an academic field, history is way, way less political these days than people believe, and disagreements are mostly about specifics. Basically history is used more by politics than ever, while politics are less present in the field than ever. Anyway, imho this is because a hunger exist among conservatives to also have intellectual representation, not just a political one. Sadly this make this Nazi quite rich, but imho a lot of people following him don't agree with his overall politics (I hope).