Where Does the World Historian Write From? Objectivity, Moral Conscience and the Past and Present of Imperialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10073747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Drayton (0000-0002-9811-8765, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 671-685 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009411403519 |
| OpenAlex | W2079208622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
The contemporary historian, as she or he speaks to the public about the origins and meanings of the present, has important ethical responsibilities. ‘Imperial’ historians, in particular, shape how politicians and the public imagine the future of the world. This article examines how British imperial history, as it emerged as an academic subject since about 1900, often lent ideological support to imperialism, while more generally it suppressed or avoided the role of violence and terror in the making and keeping of the Empire. It suggests that after 2001, and during the Iraq War, in particular, a new Whig historiography sought to retail a flattering narrative of the British Empire’s past, and concludes with a call for a post-patriotic imperial history which is sceptical of power and speaks for those on the underside of global processes
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · British Empire · Conscience · Empire · Epistemology · Historiography · Ideology · Imperial unit system · Literature · Narrative · Objectivity (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Skepticism · Subject (documents · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy
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Japan, Global History, and the Great Silence
Facts about Atrocity
The Problem of the Hero(ine) in Caribbean History
Swift Injustice
The Troubled House
Roundtable
Separate Childhood Laws and the Future of Society
Making and Unmaking the Nation in World History
Global histories of empire and climate in the Anthropocene
The Political Role of the Historian
Concealing Colonial Comparability
The Cape of Good Hope Colony and the British World Turned Upside-down, 1806–1836
Written Differently
Unfinished Decolonisation and Globalisation
Soldiers in the Court Room
An Unsentimental Education. John Darwin's Empire
British Worlds, Settler Worlds, World Systems, and Killing Fields
Contextualising colonial violence
Historicising Eurocentrism and anti-Eurocentrism in IR
Introduction
Discussion Forum
Global History
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |