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Old 01-28-2010, 02:20 AM
tonkovich tonkovich is offline
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
I think his attitude arose from the fact that he considered it impossible to write objective history. History was always written from a point of view and reflected a set of social values. The fact that this was not acknowledged by the standard history books amounted to a kind of propaganda. As a result he seemed always redy to acknowledge the subjectivity of his own histories while pointing out that this did not make them inferior to other histories.
yes. well put. (and a great loss)

p.s. studs terkel is another good source for alternate takes on history. (but you probably already know that.
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