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History as Effects of Power

  • Ersu Ding
Published/Copyright: February 20, 2008
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From the journal Volume 39 Issue 2

Abstract

Like any other type of human discourse, history writing should not be viewed as an objective enterprise whose implicit telos is to seek truth; rather, it should be treated as a sphere of conflicting social interests and asymmetrical power-relations. To understand the past, therefore, we not only have to analyze verbal disputes that frequently occur between individual speakers and writers but also need to watch out for the ideological presence that has infiltrated virtually all social institutions.

Published Online: 2008-02-20
Published in Print: 2004-11-19

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