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talkpoliticsApril Fools Day, and none of us feel like joking around, I presume. Still, let's hope the new month will bring us better luck, as hard times are ahead. Still, it's time to announce the new monthly topic that you guys chose the last time:
Historical Revisionism
Some details on the subject:
- The role of historical scholarship in shaping politics.
- Historical negationism and historical denial.
- Revised versions of earlier epochs.
- Worst moments of history.
- All new things are well-forgotten old things.
- Political theories recycled.
- Competing views on colonialism.
- The World Wars from different perspectives.
- The US Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Eurocentrism, Americentrism, and other types of cultural bias.
- When historical controversy affects international relations.
- Wingnuts and crackpots, and their historical conspiracy theories.
- Pseudohistory as a challenge to mainstream history.
- Alternate historical chronology.
- National myth, and nationalist mysticism.
- Historical revisionism vs alternate history in fiction.
- Fact-checking past events.
- Holocaust revisionism and Holocaust denial.
- Recent examples of revisionist history.
- World leaders trying to emulate historical figures.
And here's the poll for May:
What should be the next monthly topic?
1) Economic Stimulus
2) Emerging Superpowers
3) The Pitfalls of Democracy
4) The Health Care System
5) Political Flip-Flopping
Feel free to suggest more...
Historical Revisionism
Some details on the subject:
- The role of historical scholarship in shaping politics.
- Historical negationism and historical denial.
- Revised versions of earlier epochs.
- Worst moments of history.
- All new things are well-forgotten old things.
- Political theories recycled.
- Competing views on colonialism.
- The World Wars from different perspectives.
- The US Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Eurocentrism, Americentrism, and other types of cultural bias.
- When historical controversy affects international relations.
- Wingnuts and crackpots, and their historical conspiracy theories.
- Pseudohistory as a challenge to mainstream history.
- Alternate historical chronology.
- National myth, and nationalist mysticism.
- Historical revisionism vs alternate history in fiction.
- Fact-checking past events.
- Holocaust revisionism and Holocaust denial.
- Recent examples of revisionist history.
- World leaders trying to emulate historical figures.
And here's the poll for May:
What should be the next monthly topic?
1) Economic Stimulus
2) Emerging Superpowers
3) The Pitfalls of Democracy
4) The Health Care System
5) Political Flip-Flopping
Feel free to suggest more...
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