The cat thing. Woah. Just…woah. But important in seeing how varied culture can be and why we need to look at even the most gruesome of evidence whether we want to or not… Moving on —– I think I’m a Continue reading →
Theoretical commitment and doing researching
Among the readings this week, I feel lucky that I started from Tosh’s The Pursuit of History. Tosh provides a frame to discuss the perspective of social history in Marxism approach. The relation between practically writing history and theoretical commitment is very interesting. As Tosh already mentions about social science such as sociology and economics, […]
Continued Experience
“Not a thing but a continued experience” E.P. Thompson was speaking of class in his foreword when he wrote the above quote. I believe the…
How Marxism Made Me an Optimist
The theme of this weekend, for me at least, seems to be “willful disobedience.” So, while I fully understand that the purpose of this week’s readings was to teach me to put the historian E.P. Thompson’s writings within the framework … Continue reading →
Relevance and Inclusivity
The radical politics of the sixties were inseparable from the historiographical story. The breakthrough to social history was unimaginable without the sense of political possibility…
ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS!!
A note of beginning — and I’m going to keep my post short again, continuing the writing exercises of late — of all the readings, I wish I had done Tosh first. Especially after what I think may have been Continue reading →
On Weavers, Weaving and History
Have you ever seen cloth woven by a weaver on a hand loom? If you look closely you will see that it is made of of small threads interwoven with other threads. The threads are small, thin and seem fragile … Continue reading →
On Weavers, Weaving and History
Have you ever seen cloth woven by a weaver on a hand loom? If you look closely you will see that it is made of of small threads interwoven with other threads. The threads are small, thin and seem fragile … Continue reading →
Subject to Change…
“But however rarefied the atmosphere that historians breathe, they are, like everyone else, affected by the assumptions and values of their own society. It is more illuminating to see historical interpretation as moulded by social rather than individual experience. And because social values change, it follows that historical interpretation is subject to constant revision” (Tosh, […]
Who Wants to Help Me Make a Patchwork Quilt?
When I began reading Geoff Eley’s book, A Crooked Line, I was really struck by his comparison of historians and “professional guardians.” This made me think back to our discussion in regard to being “gatekeepers.” Last week, Claire’s viewpoint was incredibly accurate due to the fact that we, as up and coming historians, are no […]