Re:I don't read web articles anymore, but I read books
by clnq on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:34PM
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> History is non-fiction, too
It made me chuckle. When I was a kid, I lived in a country aligned politically and culturally with the Soviet Union (it was a while ago). At school, we were taught the Russo-centric version of history. As the USSR collapsed, the country westernized, and we were taught the West-centric version of history. At least one of the two versions was undoubtedly full of fiction.
Recently more and more academics have started talking about bias in history, particularly cultural. Most cultures seem to exaggerate their history and gloss over some blunders to some extent.
Here's an interesting video example of cultural bias in history - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1ZY0xGkNo. Here's an interesting book with a different take on cultural history - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peoples-History-World-Stone-Millenn.... And, if I remember correctly, Great Courses Plus had a World history audiobook that specifically focused on the history of the rest of the world as opposed to the Western-centric variant.
It made me chuckle. When I was a kid, I lived in a country aligned politically and culturally with the Soviet Union (it was a while ago). At school, we were taught the Russo-centric version of history. As the USSR collapsed, the country westernized, and we were taught the West-centric version of history. At least one of the two versions was undoubtedly full of fiction.
Recently more and more academics have started talking about bias in history, particularly cultural. Most cultures seem to exaggerate their history and gloss over some blunders to some extent.
Here's an interesting video example of cultural bias in history - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1ZY0xGkNo. Here's an interesting book with a different take on cultural history - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peoples-History-World-Stone-Millenn.... And, if I remember correctly, Great Courses Plus had a World history audiobook that specifically focused on the history of the rest of the world as opposed to the Western-centric variant.
Random tangent - over.