Using, Abusing, and Perusing the Past
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4174620 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Massimiliano Badino (Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 836-840 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/695606 |
| OpenAlex | W2776138631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Historians’ neglect of the imagined past is particularly surprising when one considers that, oftentimes, the process of constructing an imagined past is an interesting story in its own right. This essay argues that part of the reason for the scarce attention paid to science’s imagined past is the fact that the very existence of an imagined past questions the foundations of history writing. The remedy to the flaws of history is, the essay suggests, simply more history. We do not need to sweep the imagined past under the rug but, rather, to understand its dynamics as a genuinely historical process
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Neglect · Process (computing · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |