I dont endorse mr Duncans views of history generally but he deserved to get this in https://twitter.com/endlesswario/status/1243256692717977600 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Can I get the ‘bot guide to Ancient History? Enjoyed reading Against The Grain and keen to pick up some not-pop history
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Replying to @gbrl_dick
Oh hmmm what are you interested in reading? I would say maybe The Last Pagan Generation extremely enjoying it rn You want the real good shit though, Will Durant right into your veins, at least once you know the rough outlines and major players
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Perfect - this is exactly what I wanted. From wiki: The Durants strove throughout The Story of Civilization to create what they called "integral history." ...opposed to the "specialization" of history, an anticipatory rejection of what some have called the "cult of the expert."
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Replying to @gbrl_dick
hes maybe the best historian I know in a Homo sum, humani nihil sort of way incredible voice
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Replying to @eigenrobot
very helpful — going a little off-piste here but find it very hard in social sciences to discover non-bs major works, to the point of not even knowing how to find the people who know about non-bs major works
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I should also note that probably 10-20% of what he writes is wrong according to modern theories but (i) probably half of THAT was actually correct as he wrote it good luck guess which half and (ii) that's not really the point anyway
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