The Passing of the Modern Age
A fellow named Deogolwulf posts elsewhere on the Web, here copied without comment.
He is writing about the UK.
Some of our country’s “advanced”-level students of history have been complaining about a question which appeared in an examination:
“How far do you agree that Hitler’s role 1933-45 was one of despotic tyranny?”. [1:] The phrase “despotic tyranny” has caused some upset:
“[I:]t is elitist . . . to assume every history student is going to have come across...
Published on September 13, 2009 03:21