History

gue_barium
gue_barium Posts: 5,515
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
What is it's function?
I'm of a mind to think that history is a gift recorded, a memory...but not much more.

What is the difference between History and memory?
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    I used to think that history was something that taught people not to repeat the same actions and expect a different result. but people have such short attention spans that they do the same things over again and expect a different outcome as if those same actions are something new. like the old saying goes: "those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

    as for the difference between history and memory: history is events large and small that (at least somewhat) alter the course of societal norms. I think that memory is personal history for the most part.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    prism wrote:
    I used to think that history was something that taught people not to repeat the same actions and expect a different result. but people have such short attention spans that they do the same things over again and expect a different outcome as if those same actions are something new. like the old saying goes: "those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

    as for the difference between history and memory: history is events large and small that (at least somewhat) alter the course of societal norms. I think that memory is personal history for the most part.

    If you think about it...isn't any history that is taught a bit of a fabrication? I mean, in the text book sense.
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    gue_barium wrote:
    If you think about it...isn't any history that is taught a bit of a fabrication? I mean, in the text book sense.

    yeah it is...that's why I like to check out historical sites and see things for myself...but then i'm a geek like that
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    prism wrote:
    yeah it is...that's why I like to check out historical sites and see things for myself...but then i'm a geek like that

    What gets me, though, is that..."history," at least in the "patriotic" sense, is a fabricated memory, is it not?
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    gue_barium wrote:
    What gets me, though, is that..."history," at least in the "patriotic" sense, is a fabricated memory, is it not?

    yes it is. you pretty much only hear the sanitized version of the events according to the so-called "victors"
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    dead men don't talk...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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