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When understanding what revisionism in history I do think it was
related to week 4's discussion on if their is truth in history, that their is
multiple interpretations of the same facts and evidence. That in itself is
related to what revisionism is as revisionism is a different interpretation
of previous evidence that differs from the mainstream theory or thesis.
I do believe that revisionism is important to how we understand, study,
and view history as whole. Revisionism is vital as we study history we
can view how someone thought differently than other all the while
using the same evidence as the other person.
I would say that Irving and his work were just bad history rather than a
form of revisionist history as in his work he would bend the evidence
and fact to his favor or just fabricate "fact" to benefit his perspective
and opinion throughout his work. with this and the fact he would use
small bits of information to fabricate a false picture he deliberately lied
and manipulated the public into believing him. Another reason why he
was not a revisionist but rather bad at history is he didn't abide by
general "historical rules" that historians would used by not giving the
history the full fact he would only takes bits and pieces of that said fact
that would benefit him.
Similar to last week on trying to find the truth and trying to not be bias
towards a subject , we all will interpret facts in a different manner to
lead us to a different meaning of the fact. If we are truly doing our
research right we can find new sources and evidence that can benefit
us that hasn't been used before. the unique interpretation and even
presentation of evidence and fact is in someone connects the us to the
past with the constant conversation of what actually happened or how
it happened is what drives us to the truth.
Gerstle, Gary. “Race and the Myth of the Liberal Consensus.”
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Journal of American History
82, no. 2 (1995): 579–
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McPherson, James M. 2003. “Revisionist Historians.”
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Zainaldin, Jamil. 2002. “The Price of Truth: History, Deborah Lipstadt,
and the Libel Trial.”
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