Critical History/What if . . .?

Presentation

Critical History Introduction · History as Social Product · What if . . .? · Case Study 1: Haitian Revolution · Case Study 2: · Conclusion

Every historical situation could have given rise to a range of possible outcomes    * To successfully participate in a situation participants create theoretical models which enable them to simplify the range of possible outcomes into specific hopes and fears  * Participants in the situation act in relation to those outcomes which they can envisage - whether to promote or block specific possible outcomes  * When considering a historical situation, we need to consider relevant alternative outcomes in order to understand the significance of what actually occurred  * We also need to consider unrealistic possible outcomes which certain parties promoted, playing on other peoples hopes and fears e. g. Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech  * Bibliography Future-War Fiction: The First Main Phase, 1871-1900, I.F. Clarke