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| + | “It’s very important who writes history. History is usually written by the winners…” -- Professor Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati. | ||
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| + | “History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?” -- Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code | ||
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| + | This theory states that whomever won writes history and that history is more than myth-making. There is always going to be bias in all history and all writings of history and the bias in Radical is favoring the winning side, therefore everything is excluding the losing side and may not provide the whole or true information. People who have the political power write the history on how it happened according to them, and not their opposing side. A great example of this is World War II. In most textbooks, the authors tend to highlight the victories for the allies, especially in America. An author writing about the victories for the axis powers or for the Nazis is nearly unheard of. To conclude, Victors write history. | ||
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| + | [[[http://www.pbs.org/itvs/conscience/who_writes_history/]]] PBS | ||
| + | [[[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/148791-history-is-always-written-by-the-winners-when-two-cultures]]] Good Reads Quote | ||
| + | [[[http://www2.sjs.org/beniretto/Historiography/theoriesabout.html]]] History Manual | ||
| + | History Notes 8/29/14 based off of Historiography Theories. | ||
| + | [[[http://goo.gl/mTZLI1]]] Picture | ||
Revision as of 21:11, 3 September 2014
“It’s very important who writes history. History is usually written by the winners…” -- Professor Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati.
“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?” -- Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
This theory states that whomever won writes history and that history is more than myth-making. There is always going to be bias in all history and all writings of history and the bias in Radical is favoring the winning side, therefore everything is excluding the losing side and may not provide the whole or true information. People who have the political power write the history on how it happened according to them, and not their opposing side. A great example of this is World War II. In most textbooks, the authors tend to highlight the victories for the allies, especially in America. An author writing about the victories for the axis powers or for the Nazis is nearly unheard of. To conclude, Victors write history.
SOURCES: [[[1]]] PBS [[[2]]] Good Reads Quote [[[3]]] History Manual History Notes 8/29/14 based off of Historiography Theories. [[[4]]] Picture
