Why does history have to be so messy and complicated? (n.b., implied sarcasm!!!)
I've taken to using the term "dismissive laziness" to describe the mindset that "everything is simple" and there's no need to "worry about details."
The all-too-prevalent contemporary trend to view everything through a woke-politically-correct lens illustrates this laziness and a willingness for inaccuracy.
The President of the American Historical Association (AHA), James Sweet resigned after a backlash to an essay he wrote on the problem of “presentism” in academic historical writing.
Why does history have to be so messy and complicated? (n.b., implied sarcasm!!!)
I've taken to using the term "dismissive laziness" to describe the mindset that "everything is simple" and there's no need to "worry about details."
The all-too-prevalent contemporary trend to view everything through a woke-politically-correct lens illustrates this laziness and a willingness for inaccuracy.
The President of the American Historical Association (AHA), James Sweet resigned after a backlash to an essay he wrote on the problem of “presentism” in academic historical writing.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/american-historical-association-capitulates-woke-mob-speechunion/