HISTORIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF REVISIONISM
HISTORIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF REVISIONISM
Author(s): Srđan MiloševićSubject(s): Historical revisionism
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: revisionism;
Summary/Abstract: In the cult dystopic novel Brave New World, the same as in Orwell’s 1984 and many other lite¬rary writings of similar genre, historical contexts are subject to arbitrary modifications, which actually testifies of a true awareness about the significance of the past as the source of legiti¬mization, but also as rational explanation of the present. It is advisable that, in the modern era, such an explanation, even if wrong, is or sounds rational; this is why the past has to be modified, that’s why things insubstantial have to be emphasized as substantive, and the sum and substance marginalized. Least advisable is to openly make things up since interventions as such are easily disclosed as deceptions.
Journal: Helsinki Bulletin
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 153
- Page Range: 1-2
- Page Count: 2
- Language: English