The introduction to one of the textbooks I'm assigning for next term's "Early Modern Europe" history survey contains an interesting sentence: Overall, at least in the editors' judgment, the academy has emerged bruised but resilient: more conscious of its limitations, more tolerant of alternative pathways, more cautious about general conclusions, but otherwise in remarkably rude … Continue reading Discipline and Profession
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Why Was This Document Never Written? An Unsource Analysis Exercise
Who would the author have been? Where, when, and why did they not write the source? What conditions made not writing such a document possible, probable, desirable, necessary? Why was the source not written in this particular form? What stylistic or social conventions shaped its not being written in this way? What aspects of its … Continue reading Why Was This Document Never Written? An Unsource Analysis Exercise
Don’t Think of an Elephant
I'm sticking with Twitter for as long as I can for the simple reason that I have a much larger and more varied following there than I can imagine building anywhere else. It's possible that the place will implode or vanish, but what feels more likely is that it will simply fade from significance as … Continue reading Don’t Think of an Elephant
That Noble Scream
James Sweet is worried about the state of historiography. Beginning in August with an ex cathedra editorial in American historians' trade magazine, Perspectives, and continuing now in an interview with David Frum in centrist pundits' trade magazine, The Atlantic, the president of the American Historical Association names "presentism" as a clear and, er, present danger … Continue reading That Noble Scream
The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagine a different world
An artist’s rendition of a future space colony. (Shutterstock) Ted McCormick, Concordia University It was a time of political uncertainty, cultural conflict and social change. Private ventures exploited technological advances and natural resources, generating unprecedented fortunes while wreaking havoc on local communities and environments. The working poor crowded cities, spurring property-holders to develop increased surveillance … Continue reading The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagine a different world
Trump and the Myth of Independence, Part 2
As noted in my last, I'd like to say a little more about a specific thread of Trumpism that seems to have gained traction among people who might not otherwise choose to identify publicly with a bigot. This is the idea that as a super-rich bigot, Trump is exempt from the kinds of corruption that infect politicians … Continue reading Trump and the Myth of Independence, Part 2
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