| Popis: |
As the chronicle of conflicts, history has always been contested, and, as the teller of the tale, the historian wields a unique power to allocate blame and praise, rewarding some historical actors and condemning others. History, as transmitted through epic, saga, cautionary tale, and oral tradition, has been deployed to reinforce the authority of older generations over younger, as well as of kings over subjects or of shamans over believers. On the postmodernists' telling, modernists cling to discredited standards and values, which they use to exclude others from the corridors of intellectual prestige. With respect to intellectual and cultural questions, the liberal modernists and the postmodern culturalists have considerably more in common than we are wont to acknowledge. Postmodernist history draws much of its appeal from the contemporary obsession with identity politics. |
