historicity-was-already-taken:tikkunolamorgtfo:elodieunderglass: jonnoxvxrevanche:oaluz:this is
historicity-was-already-taken:tikkunolamorgtfo:elodieunderglass: jonnoxvxrevanche: oaluz: this is just so helpful and freeing to think about doing the best you can AND trying to do better taking care of yourself AND needing care from others too this was such a revelation for me to discover and put into practice and - even beyond just helping myself - allowed me to be kinder and more generous with other people generally The beginning of the cure for the Problems that Plague us When I say “Dialectical thinking will save your sanity and your soul,” I am not even a little bit joking. reblogging because ability to think this way is VITAL to one’s ability to work as a real, responsible, academically trained historian. especially if you work with modern history and, g-d forbid, nation-states.ETA: the day I fully comprehended that two opposing narratives of went down in Israel/Palestine, 1948 were equally true was the day I understood the difference between “wisdom” and “knowledge.” -- source link