So, before anything else, here's a note from one of my kids:
Hi, my name is J. I am doing a project about the History of History and I have some questions for you:
- What comes to mind when I ask you what are the different kinds of history?
- What are some huge historical events that changed how we think of history? Or that changed what we think of
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And hey, being a history major can be useful; I used to be one myself :) :) :)
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History started out as repeated tradition in the form of 'collective memory' and only later becomes a social science. The crucial difference between history and collective memory is that the former is a 'written chronological record of significant events affecting a nation or institution' and the latter 'a set of recollections, repetitions, and recapitulations that are socially, morally, or politically useful for a group or community'. (I am quoting in part from Favorini, Attilio. "History, Collective Memory, and Aeschylus' the Persians." Theatre Journal 55 March (2003): 99-111., but that is probably not relevant for your kid - stress that the difference is here: history = recollection, a narrative, formed by an author; memory [especially collective] = repetition, tradition; memory came first).
And thanks for the recs!
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Also, welcome for the recs!
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Welcome re. recs!
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Propagandistic history. Had not heard of that one, and I was a history major too! Thanks :D :D
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