The Blind Man and His Dog
The Public and Its Historians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11664001 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Weible (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 8-17 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Public Historian (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3433 • E-ISSN: 1533-8576 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/tph.2006.28.4.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2042553250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article suggests that the gap between professional historians and the public has grown during the past twenty-five years and that both the public and the profession have suffered as a result. It suggests further that historians in academic and nonacademic settings need to overcome institutional barriers that prevent them from providing better service to the public. Just as seeing-eye dogs guide sightless people to their destinations, professionally trained historians should be leading the public to a more promising future, thanks to their ability to separate objectively determined historical facts from self-serving, often ideological opinions and fantasies
Business · Ideology · Political science · Public relations · Public service · Service (business · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · History · Law · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |