The Lost Atlantis of Objectivity

The Revisionist Struggles Between the Academic and Public Spheres 1

Bibliographic Data

ID7797161
AuthorsGIORGOS ANTONIOU (Yale University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume46
Issue4
Pages92-112
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2303.2007.00430.x
OpenAlexW2046881289
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

This article examines the theoretical and methodological implications of the revisionist debates. It focuses on the political, academic, and moral dimensions of the process of rewriting history and its interrelation with the public sphere. The article examines the recent debate in Greece and compares it with case studies of Germany, Spain, Israel, the Soviet Union, and Ireland. It comments on the common elements of these cases and proposes a basic typology of the revisionist debates in terms of similarities and differences. It categorizes the revisionist endeavors into three types: the successful, the failed, and the bewildered

Epistemology · Objectivity (philosophy) · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Rationalization (economics) · Separate spheres · Sociology · Soviet union · Typology · Anthropology · Central European national history · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Philosophy

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