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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 |
