“Rather than trying to understand the past on its own terms, these historians want the past to be immediately relevant and useful; they want to use history to empower people in the present, to help them develop self-identity, or to enable them to break free of that past.” “In their well-intentioned but often crude efforts…
Tag: Historiography
Book Review: History
John H Arnold, History: A Very Short Introduction. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000). As one of the “A Very Short Introduction” series of books, John H Arnold’s installment on History is very short indeed, just 123 pages. It is also, very informative. History does more than define history as those things belonging to…
An Introduction- The History of My Times: According to Me
This post serves as an introduction to a new project. Importantly, the blog title “History Present” and the address (historypresent.com) will remain. This project fits squarely with the ideas that led me to start the blog. So… What is it about? See the title. Who am I? A good place to start answering that question…
History Present 