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Commentary :: Class : History : Peace
History and the Passion for Change
Author
- Tadit Anderson
Date Created
- 10 Feb 2004
Date Edited
- 10 Feb 2004 08:58:05 AM
License
This work is in the public domain.
This covers the effects of certain society wide assumption that seem to debilitate thinking out of the hierarchic box in terms of what it takes to cultivate societal change.
“His Story,” and the Passion for Progress. By Tadit Anderson
Preface: Let me supply small preface first. This is not intended as a feminist critique on how “His,” as in alpha males, have tended to dominate the telling of history. I agree in large part with those conclusions, but this analysis is bit larger and I disqualify myself as a feminist. Even though I use numerous Christian religious metaphors throughout the essay, the point of the use of these metaphors is that the naive acceptance by faith of the identified presumptions is strongly evident in nominally “conservative” interpretations of the Judeo-Christian tradition. As such they stand in contradiction to the dominant concerns in Judeo-Christian scripture with issues of community and justice, and have to do more with “religious” vanity than piety. These presumptions as articles of faith and fundaments are also applied throughout the rest of known “civilization.” This essay is more generally about how world views are shaped and how that shaping affects our understanding about our possibilities
Main Text: This is an essay in part about history as it is commonly retold, sometimes characterized as the “famous people, places, and dates” perspective. This view of history shows up in many places to shape our sense of our selves as well shaping our sense of our possibilities. The appearance of this interpretation of history has also been credited with inducing epidemic comas among victimized students. The simple truth is that it doesn't relate to their lives. This interpretation of history is also used as a way to define the principle of causality as it assumed to operate. It assists in the identification of the presumptions which shape the myths, which shape our views of the world, of our selves, and of each other. These presumptions have tended to distort the actual details of history, culture, and social organization and thereby our understanding of how anything can be done in favor of the interest of elites.
the rest of the essay can be found at www.democracyohio.org
Preface: Let me supply small preface first. This is not intended as a feminist critique on how “His,” as in alpha males, have tended to dominate the telling of history. I agree in large part with those conclusions, but this analysis is bit larger and I disqualify myself as a feminist. Even though I use numerous Christian religious metaphors throughout the essay, the point of the use of these metaphors is that the naive acceptance by faith of the identified presumptions is strongly evident in nominally “conservative” interpretations of the Judeo-Christian tradition. As such they stand in contradiction to the dominant concerns in Judeo-Christian scripture with issues of community and justice, and have to do more with “religious” vanity than piety. These presumptions as articles of faith and fundaments are also applied throughout the rest of known “civilization.” This essay is more generally about how world views are shaped and how that shaping affects our understanding about our possibilities
Main Text: This is an essay in part about history as it is commonly retold, sometimes characterized as the “famous people, places, and dates” perspective. This view of history shows up in many places to shape our sense of our selves as well shaping our sense of our possibilities. The appearance of this interpretation of history has also been credited with inducing epidemic comas among victimized students. The simple truth is that it doesn't relate to their lives. This interpretation of history is also used as a way to define the principle of causality as it assumed to operate. It assists in the identification of the presumptions which shape the myths, which shape our views of the world, of our selves, and of each other. These presumptions have tended to distort the actual details of history, culture, and social organization and thereby our understanding of how anything can be done in favor of the interest of elites.
the rest of the essay can be found at www.democracyohio.org
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