Ep 41: The Social Construction of History

Proles Pod

In this episode, Jeremy goes over the social construction of history and how it affects the way people perceive their place, how nations form identities, and how history has become inherently white supremacist.

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Suggested Reading:

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi. (1993). "The Myth of Western Civilization." The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/12/the-myth-of-western-civilization/282704/.

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Hanagan, Nora. “From Agrarian Dreams to Democratic Realities: A Deweyan Alternative to Jeffersonian Food Politics.” Political Research Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 34-45, https://www-jstor-org.libproxy.uccs.edu/stable/24371970.

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Paidipaty, P. (2010). Tribal Nations: Politics and the Making of Anthropology in India, 1874-1967 (Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University).

Schmidt, Peter R., and Thomas C. Patterson. (1995). Making Alternative Histories. Edited by Peter R. Schmidt and Thomas C. Patterson. School of American Santa Fe: Research Press.

Thomas, David H. (2000). Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity. New York: Basic Books.

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Whitman, James Q. (2017). Hitler's American Model. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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Wolfe, Eric R. (1982). Europe and the People without History. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Outro music:

"Days Like These" by Billy Bragg