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By piggybacking on the critiques of the historical discipline provided by Leo Tolstoy in his momentous novel, War and Peace, I assert that history may undergo a reconstruction. By ridding the historical discipline of the self-interest that has atrophied its ability to make a significant, positive impact on the world, and installing a metaphysics devoted to equality, freedom, and universality, I believe that it may be revitalized as a profession. I call for a new history, one built in the Hegelian-Marxist tradition, which will lead humanity into a future defined by love and self-sacrifice. It is a history explicitly opposed to neutrality; love is not neutral.
Advisor: | Meng, Michael |
Commitee: | Coombs, David, Barczewski, Stephanie |
School: | Clemson University |
Department: | History |
School Location: | United States -- South Carolina |
Source: | MAI 81/3(E), Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Slavic literature, World History |
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Publication Number: | 22587469 |
ISBN: | 9781088349878 |