Thanks. *Strange Defeat* is a remarkable document from which we can learn both what Bloch saw as a participant, which in some cases can *only* be seen by a participant (cf. “lived experience”), and what Bloch could not see, but which is revealed to us from the context of later history, which in some cases can *never* be seen by participants. I have often imagined (in my Walter Mitty moments) that if I lived through a great disruption of society I would abandon my philosophical work in order to record the events as Bloch recorded the events he witnessed first hand.
I have an episode on Collingwood (ruclips.net/video/gE7_o70c59c/видео.html ), although it didn’t especially focus on the distinction between the inside and outside of history, but I have a manuscript in which I develop this in distinction in some detail.
Good, new content. Profound ideas. Thank you!
Very interesting- thank you for this!
Really illuminating, thank you; I liked the approach through his work on the French failure in the war.
Thanks. *Strange Defeat* is a remarkable document from which we can learn both what Bloch saw as a participant, which in some cases can *only* be seen by a participant (cf. “lived experience”), and what Bloch could not see, but which is revealed to us from the context of later history, which in some cases can *never* be seen by participants. I have often imagined (in my Walter Mitty moments) that if I lived through a great disruption of society I would abandon my philosophical work in order to record the events as Bloch recorded the events he witnessed first hand.
@@geopolicraticus This is a book that I must certainly read, I have overlooked it for some reason.
A critique of Collingwood's "inside of history" would be fascinating.
I have an episode on Collingwood (ruclips.net/video/gE7_o70c59c/видео.html ), although it didn’t especially focus on the distinction between the inside and outside of history, but I have a manuscript in which I develop this in distinction in some detail.