Transcending Parochialism The value of history
HB: One of the things that’s interesting for me as a reader is that this is not so much a prescription. There are many people who urge us to see beyond our differences, to engage in fruitful communication with others, to recognize that we’re not as different from others as we might like to believe w...
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| Published in | Conversations About History, Volume 1 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Open Agenda Publishing
17.05.2021
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | HB: One of the things that’s interesting for me as a reader is that this is not so much a prescription. There are many people who urge us to see beyond our differences, to engage in fruitful communication with others, to recognize that we’re not as different from others as we might like to believe we are. But yours is not a prescriptive philosophical work. It’s not a moral work. It’s a historical work.
It seems to me that what you’re really doing is pointing out that, notwithstanding our collective sense that these impermeable divisions have always existed and have |
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| ISBN: | 1771701013 9781771701013 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv22jnm53.46 |