Law, like history, is a field where amateur opinions not only are common, but matter a great deal: they define the discourse in ways that professionals must adjust to.This is something that the professional historical community has been grappling with for as long as I've been part of it: public history, historical memory, historical mythologies all are part of the public discourse which greatly affects the wider understanding of our work.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Comment Elsewhere: Amateur Opinions Matter
In a discussion of a particularly blatant bit of retrograde elitism, I noted:
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From where you sit most opinions are amateur but peoples' experiences must count for something regardless at what level they are expressed.
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