Forgetting history or even getting it wrong is one of the major elements in building a nation. . . . history is a danger to nationalism.
I regard it as the primary duty of modern historians to be such a danger.
*A* danger, sure; the logic seems solid. But is it importantly dangerous to nationalism? I doubt it, given nationalism's close affiliation with confirmation bias (see wikipedia Confirmation_bias).
*A* danger, sure; the logic seems solid. But is it importantly dangerous to nationalism? I doubt it, given nationalism's close affiliation with confirmation bias (see wikipedia Confirmation_bias).
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