tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post2791927724188729153..comments2023-09-30T03:57:11.799-05:00Comments on ahistoricality: Quotations from Tosh #2: For History's SakeAhistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-13259762511147453502008-03-09T23:36:00.000-05:002008-03-09T23:36:00.000-05:00"Historical writings can do harm; they have done s...<EM>"Historical writings can do harm; they have done so; and any thoughtful historian must at times ask himself whether he has a purpose beyond his own satisfaction."</EM><BR/><BR/>This makes me think of the damage done by nationalistically slanted history writing, such Hitler's passion for Germany's "lost Aryan past." The problem is currently highlighted in Serbia's claims to Kosovo, as well. <BR/><BR/>We choose to remember myths sometimes that transform themselves into "history" because more so that other areas, I believe, history without context is nothing and he who provides the context controls the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com