I have to say, as a historian, I vehemently disagree. Moral objectivism is not an obtainable or admiral goal in writing history.https://twitter.com/amyfullermorgan/status/903586785770573825 …
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Have we not learned over the past 200, heck, 500 years of historiography! The Rankeian ideal of "writing as it happened" is ludicrous!
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Replying to @aModernDandy
yeah tbh I am surprised that this kind of thing is seen in young historians still. This was stuff I learned in my undergrad.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @aModernDandy
also it should be noted that those 19th c. historians were supporting their racism and misogyny through "objectivity."
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Very true ! And instead of complaining about opinions/biases we should learn to recognise them
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Replying to @aModernDandy
Exactly! This is important. Acknowledging biases allows us to be more thoughtful and nuanced.
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