Choosing Your Own Designer History, One That Works for You

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“Since there is no objective truth, history may be rewritten according to the needs of a particular group. If history is nothing more than ‘a network of agonistic [i.e., fighting, contending] language games,’ then any alternative ‘language game’ that advances a particular agenda, that meets ‘success’ in countering institutional power, can pass as legitimate history. ‘Performance, not truth’ is the only criterion. Scholarship becomes rhetorical manipulation. Truth does not have to get in the way.” (Gene Edward Veith, Postmodern Times, p. 50).

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