• PugJesus@kbin.socialM
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    1 year ago

    Maybe in the sense of broader political discussions, but the shift in historical academia towards the importance of narratives and not just facts was very much a reaction to the triumphalist ‘end of history’ mindset of the early 90s. I would also like to note that Chomsky is a linguist, and very much not a historian or anyone with influence on historical academia. despite his… prominent and questionable political following.

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      1 year ago

      it’s not even the shift towards narratives that is the issue with the reasoning of the guy I was responding to, but instead the conspiratorial framing