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 > > > >______________________________________ > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > >http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. > Department of History > James Madison University > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html