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History is written three times; once by the eyewitness, then by the propagandist, and finally by the "omniscient," "unbiased," "culturally sensitive" modernist.
History is sometimes rewritten to try and eliminate "facts" that are actually just the product of one's imagination to make it sound more interesting, but imagination also plays a role in propoganda which can influence the turn out of events that will become history.
People have different memories of the same event depending on what their background is, or the emotions that they correlate with the event. This creates multiple stories, all firsthand, but not all entirely truthful. History by nature is going to have bias, but people keep rewriting it to eliminate it.
History is rewritten because it becomes necessary to add events as people remake past mistakes. In addition, it becomes necessary to rewrite history due to mistakes in translation.
How history is written is determined by the purpose of the historian. Idealistically , historians ought to seek pure objectivity and impartiality, but this stands directly against one of the main purposes of studying history; to enrich the understanding of human nature and identity.
History is written three times; once by the eyewitness, then by the propagandist, and finally by the "omniscient," "unbiased," "culturally sensitive" modernist.
ReplyDeleteHistory is sometimes rewritten to try and eliminate "facts" that are actually just the product of one's imagination to make it sound more interesting, but imagination also plays a role in propoganda which can influence the turn out of events that will become history.
ReplyDeletePeople have different memories of the same event depending on what their background is, or the emotions that they correlate with the event. This creates multiple stories, all firsthand, but not all entirely truthful. History by nature is going to have bias, but people keep rewriting it to eliminate it.
ReplyDeleteHistory gets rewritten every time society changes perspectives. This method does allow for more inaccuracies, however.
ReplyDeleteHistory is rewritten because it becomes necessary to add events as people remake past mistakes. In addition, it becomes necessary to rewrite history due to mistakes in translation.
ReplyDeleteHow history is written is determined by the purpose of the historian. Idealistically , historians ought to seek pure objectivity and impartiality, but this stands directly against one of the main purposes of studying history; to enrich the understanding of human nature and identity.
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