Now and Then

The transcript discusses the challenges historians face in maintaining objectivity due to their cultural and societal influences. It emphasizes the importance of understanding both past and present contexts to avoid biases. The speaker highlights how historical perspectives evolve, using British history as an example, and encourages historians to engage with current events to enrich their research. Curiosity is deemed essential for historians to make sense of the past, which is inherently incoherent, and to impose order on historical events.

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