CLAH Lecture: Every History a Question, Every Question a Community

My experience of doing Latin American history has been inseparable from dialogical and communal dynamics. In my view, every history is a question, and behind every question is a community or set of communities. So let me begin with a question made famous by Marc Bloch: What's the use of history...

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Published in:The Americas (Washington. 1944) 2019-07, Vol.76 (3), p.401-413
Main Author: Stern, Steve J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Latin American history
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Summary:My experience of doing Latin American history has been inseparable from dialogical and communal dynamics. In my view, every history is a question, and behind every question is a community or set of communities. So let me begin with a question made famous by Marc Bloch: What's the use of history? Looking at our globalized society, where short-term commercialism runs rampant, and breeds temptation to push aside broad education in critical thought while pursuing a more narrowly focused credential, we can ask the question again. What indeed is the use of history? It's a legitimate question. Students have a right to know what we think about it. They may have experienced history in school as learning stuff that doesn't seem relevant.
ISSN:0003-1615
1533-6247
DOI:10.1017/tam.2019.35