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Truth in History

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A professional critique of the tendency in academic scholarship to prove worth, which becomes relevance and which in turn is interpreted as a search not for truth but political correctness. Handlin explores the social history of historians and how and why a discipline surrenders the search for truth in favour of assertions of ideological purity.

Language: English

Pages: 437

Format: Hardcover

Release: September 28, 1979

ISBN 13: 9780674910256

Truth in History

0/5 ( ratings)

A professional critique of the tendency in academic scholarship to prove worth, which becomes relevance and which in turn is interpreted as a search not for truth but political correctness. Handlin explores the social history of historians and how and why a discipline surrenders the search for truth in favour of assertions of ideological purity.

Language: English

Pages: 437

Format: Hardcover

Release: September 28, 1979

ISBN 13: 9780674910256

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