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minus-squareVegafjord oakframer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoRegardless, we should be able to criticize societal structures from the past using present day analysis. If that is not possible, then that shows a fundamental weakness of our analysis.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAgreed. But modern ideologies didn’t exist back then so they shouldn’t be used to describe historical ways of thinking.
Regardless, we should be able to criticize societal structures from the past using present day analysis. If that is not possible, then that shows a fundamental weakness of our analysis.
Agreed. But modern ideologies didn’t exist back then so they shouldn’t be used to describe historical ways of thinking.