Politics and history are alike and inseparable in that the craft of both is storytelling. Masters of both juggle past and present to create coherent narratives, the historian to make the past knowable, the politician to do this with the present.
Politics, History and Storytelling – “Recollections of a Bleeding Heart” – Don Watson
March 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, History, Political Communication, Politics, Prose, Writing
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