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Monday, February 14, 2005

More History Bloggery

Back to some serious stuff. Check out Marc's blog -- Spinning Clio here. There are a lot of blogs by historians on the net [including this one]. Few are openly conservative in their bias; Spinning Clio is. Here's his explanation in his own words:

There are plenty of liberal historians who have proven scholarship and who freely offer their political opinions. My hope is that this sight can provide information and inspiration to other conservative historians, whomever they are (and no matter how few they may be). It is not a "conservative interpretation of history" so much as a "conservative's interpretation of history." No, I'm not stuck in the '50's or believe in the "history of dead white guys." What I do believe in is an honest, contextual assessment of historical figures and events. Understanding doesn't mean agreement and historical judgements should be devoid of presentism and anachronism. Scholarship provides historians with significant rhetorical ammunition. Blogging allows Historians to engage in debate and dialogue at a quicker pace than through the Journals. This is both a dangerous and exhilerating confluence and historians should always be on their guard. None of us wants to be accused of being "sloppy."


To which I can only reply, "Hear! Hear!"

Check him out. He has a lot of interesting posts, and links to several historical websites.

1 comment:

T said...

More reading (it never ends!). Shame Clio couldn't spell "site" though...