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malthaussen

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10. "Great man" history is pretty much out of fashion...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 12:49 PM

Sep 2020

... among historians, although politicians are particularly fond of it, considering themselves de facto Great Men.

A course on the utter breakdown of American Democracy in the first two decades of the 20th Century (so far) will include far more than just a rehash of Donald Trump's tweets. This is a systemic failure across a broad spectrum of institutions and institutional morality, and a competent course will address that.

-- Mal

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I Predict That Colleges And Universities Will Be Offering Courses On..... [View all] global1 Sep 2020 OP

Absolutely! He will be a case study, as you say, and also a mental health case study. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2020 #1

Fodder for historians for the next century. marybourg Sep 2020 #2

They should study how privileged kids parents are buying their kids educations? pwb Sep 2020 #3

"From Hitler to Trump: Studies in Fascism" nt Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #4

hitler studies worked for Germany empedocles Sep 2020 #7

Now class, just remember, whatever Trump did, do the opposite! Initech Sep 2020 #5

I Think It Would Be More Interesting to Trace the Development of Trumpism Stallion Sep 2020 #6

Trump is part of a larger and longer problem with racism in this country JI7 Sep 2020 #8

Think my head might explode... N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2020 #9

"Great man" history is pretty much out of fashion... malthaussen Sep 2020 #10

trump's true value is as an anti-mentor. Hoyt Sep 2020 #11

I'm inclined to think he ought to PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #12

Although I couldn't recommend taking out a student loan to study Trump Klaralven Sep 2020 #13

I would be more interested in studying the reaction - from the media et al - to burgeoning fascism. aidbo Sep 2020 #14