http://theactivist.org/blog/howard-zinn-in-the-american-grain // Culture. Consciousness. Critical Thought. // Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://theactivist.org/blog/howard-zinn-in-the-american-grain/comment-page-1#comment-74527 Bhaskar Sunkara Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:50:39 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/howard-zinn-in-the-american-grain#comment-74527 I actually thought that critical Kazin review had lots of merit to it, but Scott's interpretation of it, "two stringent by half" nails it. I won't hide the fact that I'm more fond of the EP Thompsons and Eric Hobsbawns of the world (Perry Anderson is probably my favorite historian), but I probably wouldn't have found any of these guys if I never had Zinn in high school as a primer. A People's History is nothing short of a flawed corrective to the historiographies of the ruling class, but it won't mean nearly as much if these movements aren't rekindled in this century. I actually thought that critical Kazin review had lots of merit to it, but Scott’s interpretation of it, “two stringent by half” nails it. I won’t hide the fact that I’m more fond of the EP Thompsons and Eric Hobsbawns of the world (Perry Anderson is probably my favorite historian), but I probably wouldn’t have found any of these guys if I never had Zinn in high school as a primer. A People’s History is nothing short of a flawed corrective to the historiographies of the ruling class, but it won’t mean nearly as much if these movements aren’t rekindled in this century.

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