Historical revisionism requires developed critical faculties plus freedom

Evidence

Similar re-examinations of past assumptions and past heroes are in progress in many other countries. But not in all. Such a re-examination presupposes both the development of a critical faculty and the freedom to exercise it. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1751

Categorization

• XREF: Doubles as a methodological point about who gets to critique national history, relevant to Said’s argument about Orientalist knowledge production being self-critical in the West but not encouraged elsewhere. — connects to: Critical re-examination of history requires both developed critical faculty and freedom — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1751; Well-intentioned historical revisionism still fails rigorous evidentiary standards — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 937; Liberation requires retaining critical judgment and cultural heritage (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Critical re-examination of history requires both developed critical faculty and freedom — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1751; Well-intentioned historical revisionism still fails rigorous evidentiary standards — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 937; Liberation requires retaining critical judgment and cultural heritage (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Critical re-examination of history requires both developed critical faculty and freedom #corroborates (0.97) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1751
• Theory of history is possible despite the uniqueness of historical facts #complicates (0.72) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1526