John Lukacs on Historical Consciousness

The historian John Lukacs liked to distinguish between a “fact” and an “event.” A fact is what happened; an event is what that fact means. Lukacs called this our “historical consciousness.”https://t.co/AraYIlhhEh

— Intercollegiate Studies Institute (@ISI) September 22, 2020

ISI

Conservatives need to move away from being anti-Enlightenment and being focused more on being anti-state.

Dalrymple on Choosing One's History

The great Theodore Dalrymple on why viewing history as one long tale of oppression, prejudice etc is not just false but destructive. ⁦@LawLiberty⁩ https://t.co/DbmhzhE6de

— Samuel Gregg (@DrSamuelGregg) August 11, 2020

Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator by Enrique Moradiellos

I.B. Tauris

Peter Hitchens: A New Biography of Francisco Francoby Enrique Moradiellos at First Things

Does Hitchens have a Romantic view of liberal democracy?

His rule was not Christian or lawful and could not possibly draw its authority from God, however much Franco might have liked it to. Its origins lay in violent rebellion against the legitimate government, always hard to square with scriptural views of authority. Franco’s state rested on a foundation of bayonets.

What modern nation-state doesn't rest on a foundation of bayonets? Please.

Abbeville Institute: Lost Cause Myth or Yankee Propaganda by Lewis Liberman

Whether it’s the Civil War, War Between the States, the War for Southern Independence or Lincoln’s War, this extremely important period of American history continues to resonate powerfully over 150 years later. And with American Veterans… »

Medievalists.net: Medieval studies as a state-supporting power: basic problems of German medieval studies in the German Empire until the Republic of Weimar