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Historians now question the grand narratives that reinforced nationalism, and thereby modernism. Postmodernism in the history profession is simply that, showing that abstract categories such as race, class, gender, and nations are social constructs that feed into a grand narrative. We built them and they changed over time, to the point of making them appear natural. So postmodernists deconstruct that grand narrative. While this shows how a given social construct came into being and what is used for, this ultimately undermines its power by showing that these are not fixed and natural abstractions.
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*Bibliography*
James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021). amzn.to/3y0Y8er
Peter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9F
Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSf
Peter Novick, _That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession_ (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988). amzn.to/2D3NM46
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Historians now question the grand narratives that reinforced nationalism, and thereby modernism. Postmodernism in the history profession is simply that, showing that abstract categories such as race, class, gender, and nations are social constructs that feed into a grand narrative. We built them and they changed over time, to the point of making them appear natural. So postmodernists deconstruct that grand narrative. While this shows how a given social construct came into being and what is used for, this ultimately undermines its power by showing that these are not fixed and natural abstractions.
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*Bibliography*
James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021). amzn.to/3y0Y8er
Peter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9F
Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSf
Peter Novick, _That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession_ (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988). amzn.to/2D3NM46
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Connected videos
rapid historiography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw
The other historiography shorts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy
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