Know the difference: It’s historical denialism, not revisionism, that’s the problem | via scoutmagph
6 months agoIf I had a peso for every time I encountered “historical revisionism” on social media, I would probably have enough to cover my taxes for half a year.Most people use the term to refer to the act of deliberately twisting historical facts or the falsification of historical documents for nefarious reasons.
However, over time, historical revisionism has taken on a negative meaning: the process whereby “truth” is distorted mostly by pseudohistorians to further their agendas. Another case in point is the portrayal of former president José P. Laurel in scholarly writings. According to Domingo, earlier history textbooks painted Laurel as a “mere puppet president or a wartime collaborator or traitor” during the Cold War.
Simply put, revisionism is a widely accepted practice in historical scholarship and writing. “[In] history, nothing is final. We continue to revise as long as new historical facts are unearthed or made available.”Here’s a quick history refresher for anyone who needs it: the Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of European Jews by the Nazi regime.
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