There is still another kind of historical bias that can mislead - TopicsExpress



          

There is still another kind of historical bias that can mislead us, and that is the tendency of the culture to emphasize historical trivia, to learn facts for their own sake. The result of this is to encourage a flat, valueless interest in past facts that have no great significance in the betterment of the human condition, but that are simply “interesting”. The interest served, however, is that of diverting us from the truly important uses of history, thus making history, literally, a diversion. ~ from Declarations of Independence: Cross-examining American Ideology (1990), by Howard Zinn Wasnt good old Howard Zinn right? Isnt this how history is taught in America?
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:30:00 +0000

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