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The Right Side of History
FromA Point of View
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Sarah Dunant asks if we should judge the past by the standards of the present or future, as shifting social attitudes colour our view of how the past is portrayed.
"What current historians share with those historians of the past whose vision we vehemently decry, is that they too thought they were right at the time...If we now find their views abhorrent and unjust then how about us; what might there be about our present moral certainty that the future might take issue with. What might we be missing?"
Producer: Sheila Cook
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
"What current historians share with those historians of the past whose vision we vehemently decry, is that they too thought they were right at the time...If we now find their views abhorrent and unjust then how about us; what might there be about our present moral certainty that the future might take issue with. What might we be missing?"
Producer: Sheila Cook
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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