How History Gets Things Wrong Quotes

“The only subject that you could dive straight into without learning any new theory or, for that matter, any theory at all, was narrative history. From the very beginnings of our”
― Alex Rosenberg, How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories

“If we humans are ever to move beyond our internecine histories, we will have to put historical “understanding” behind us.”
― Alex Rosenberg, How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories

“There is a reason why stories and histories of war and killing have been more popular than the lives of saints or artists since Homer.”
― Alex Rosenberg, How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories

“Stories historians tell are deeply implicated in more misery and death than probably any other aspect of human culture.”
― Alex Rosenberg, How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories