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Originally Posted by peter12
I think you are mistakenly lumping someone like Kipling in with the rest of Western academia. Although, I like Kipling. Seriously, what is wrong with reading the adventures of Western explorers? We've never been to these places and chances are we don't understand it as well as they do. I don't need some post-modernist African Studies professor to tell me that some of the things they did were wrong.
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I'm not lumping anyone in anything. I'm merely suggesting that in order for any kind of lasting change to be made (anywhere) you need to come at the problem holistically and understand the historical factors that led to the point said situation is at. I'm not trying to suggest there is no value in 'traditional' history, I'm just saying I believe their is value in understanding an event via multiple lenses. And to pigeon hold yourself to one singular perspective isn't beneficial to "struggle for humanity".