Well put, Kevin. I would only add that "group think" is so easy to
recognize in Them, and so hard to see in Us.
--Tom Gilmore
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:46 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Political Correctness is a bad thing. But you would be simply incorrect to
> think that it applies uniformly across all academic conversations.
> Academics, just like everyone else, are prone to divide themselves along
> political lines.
>
> There is as much "group think" and proclivity to knee jerk moral judgments
> among right wing academics as there is among left. Its ugly whenever it
> happens. But human nature being what it is, it is something in which
> persons from all political persuasions are quite capable of indulging.
>
> All best,
> Kevin
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:27:52 -0400
> >From: Herbert Barger <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: What is the current defination of "revisionist history"?
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >I don't believe it is such a hard task to identify that which attempts
> >to revise history to one's own agenda and throw in political correctness
> >for good measure and we have it pretty well "nailed down." The term is
> >quiet frequently used in identifying persons who traffic in this
> >trade.........look around......see or read of any?
> >
> >Herb
> >
> >I think that, save when used as a term of art in discourse between
> >professional historiographers and historians, the term "revisionist" is
> >pejorative. That is to say, it is used to disparage the work of
> >scholars with whom one happens to disagree.
> >
> >My comment here is quite subjective. This is just an impression, and
> >hence not a comment I wish to advance with any special claim to
> >authority.
> >
> >All best,
> >Kevin
> >Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
> >Department of History
> >James Madison University
> >
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> Department of History
> James Madison University
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