Undeceptions with John Dickson

History Wars


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Is history under threat? 

Increasingly, the modern, individualistic global West is coming to see history as a discipline that's irrelevant, harmful, and divisive. 

Some are worried that we're becoming increasingly disconnected from a broader story. 

Can the past help us navigate our modern world? Or is it better if we let it fade into a "dark age"?

  • (00:11) - What do you call a collective of historians?
  • (05:40) - Why does history matter?
  • (08:12) - What makes a good historian?
  • (10:49) - Historical culture wars
  • (14:32) - An Ahistoric Age
  • (16:44) - Is history irrelevant?
  • (18:59) - Historical ignorance
  • (24:46) - Recovering facts from framing
  • (30:11) - Looking back but moving forward
  • (35:04) - Priests of History
  • (37:19) - Sarah encounters rational faith
  • (45:47) - The perks of Biblical meditation
  • (48:25) - Make tradition cool again
  • (49:15) - 5 Minute Jesus
  • (56:46) - Why take history seriously in 2024?
  • (01:00:58) - The good guys of history's bad Empires
  • ...more
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