Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.: Meaning

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. Explore interesting quotes on meaning.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.: 10 quotes3 likes

“The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.”

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. book The Disuniting of America

The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society (New York: W W Norton, 1993) p. 93

“The purpose of democratic statecraft is, or should be, to find the means of ordered liberty in a world condemned to everlasting change.”

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The Cycles of American History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986) p. 422

“Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women’s history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as history, not as filiopietistic commemoration. The purpose of history is to promote not group self-esteem, but understanding of the world and the past, dispassionate analysis, judgment, and perspective, respect for divergent cultures and traditions, and unflinching protection for those unifying ideas of tolerance, democracy, and human rights that make free historical inquiry possible.”

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. book The Disuniting of America

The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society (New York: W W Norton, 1998) p. 104