the subtext of this article is pretty interestinghttp://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/01/medieval-memes?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/the_far_right_s_new_fascination_with_the_middle_ages …
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alternative: "left-wing revisionists construct a narrative of medieval that supports their modern prejudices as micro-theater of meme war"pic.twitter.com/z9yrcO9mp8
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alternative-alternative: both the right and left want to somewhat self-centeredly claim the medieval as "just like" us today
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maybe, but which tribe controls the humanities depts and gets written up adoringly by mainstream pubs for defending multiculti
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I have my own pet frameworks that differ from both but I think it is fair to call the right's view the counter-narrative
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It's certainly that—and being marshaled to very unsavory ends, imo. Another Q: whether any of this begets new, good scholarship.
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