@HeerJeet Excellent question!
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@HeerJeet Something to do with WW 1 and Spengler?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Because it flatters its authors' prejudices.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Certainly provides a better structure than Marxism. No reason why it can't be seen as part of a critical approach.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Because it has a name? Labeling any view with a name (Whig, technological determinism, etc) is tantamount to dismissing it. -
@HeerJeet Put another way, none of the people who know the phrase "Whig history" believe in Whig history, but pretty much everyone else does
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@HeerJeet It is both teleological and anachronistic, conscripting disparate events into one grand drama of human emancipation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I completely agree. it's also a diverse body of thought as well, brining together positivists, Rankeans, Hegelians, Marxists, etcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet As a guess, the Whigs' indecisiveness about slavery - the issue that destroyed the party - could explain this negative perception.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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