A prime test of an historian’s skill is the extent to which he does justice to these complementary forces, repetition and novelty.
From this article, by Roger Kimball.
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"History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another." Max Beerbohm
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2 comments:
I'm becoming less shocked by your conservative tendencies Elaine.
Kimball has a great book on how contemporary art historians have ruined most works of art by submitting them to a kind of artistic 'deconstruction.'
In case you want more New Criterion goodness, check out this review of their new culture anthology: http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/05/maumauing_the_multiculturalist.php
That book sounds interesting, Chris! Thanks. Good website too...
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