In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Thomas L. Haskell argues for a
moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and
reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society
-- even while upholding time-honored distinctions between fact and
fiction, scholarship and propaganda, right and might. Haskell
addresses questions that will interest philosophers and literary
theorists no less than historians, exploring topics ranging from
the productivity of slave labor to the cultural concomitants of
capitalism, from John Stuart Mill's youthful "mental crisis" to the
cognitive preconditions that set the stage for antislavery and
other humanitarian reforms after 1750. He traces the surprisingly
short history of the word responsibility, which turns out to be no
older than the United States. He examines the reasons for the
rising authority of professional experts in nineteenth-century
America. And he wonders whether the epistemological radicalism of
recent years leaves us with any adequate basis for justifying human
rights -- rights of academic freedom, for example, or the right not
to be tortured.
Written by a thoughtful critic of the historical profession,
Objectivity Is Not Neutrality calls upon historians to think deeply
about the nature of historical explanation and to acknowledge more
fully than ever before the theoretical dimension of their work.
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