Jun 8, 2018
The original “Bro-dels” Matt and
Dave tackle Jo Guldi and David Armitage’s The History
Manifesto. How should historians respond to the “crisis of
the humanities?” Your hosts discuss Guldi and Armitage’s
ideas of “long-termism,” big data, and the need for public-facing
scholarship from the perspective of World History. While the
book has got some great ideas, it seems like the authors have never
met any of the world historians, who have been attempting to answer
some of the big questions in the Manifesto for the last few
decades! We don’t feel slighted. Totally not
mad.
Don’t worry! Y ou can read the Manifesto for
free (see link below). Take a look and then join Matt & Dave
in a wide-ranging discussion of hierarchy in the history academy,
dropping enrollment, and Canada’s saddest reactionary, Jordan
Peterson.
Links:
The History Manifesto by Jo Guldi and David
Armitage
“Rise of the humanities” by Peter
Mandler
“The
CANADALAND Guide to Jordan B. Peterson”
Prof. Mike Davis: “There Was Once A Generation
of Lions” interview by Mohsen Abdelmoumen
Recommendations: (00:40:15)
Dave
– Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
Matt
– Clio Infra (dataset) by the International Institute of Social
History