Sunday, September 15, 2019
A Response to Historians in Cahoot by Tristram Hunt Essay
Political speeches are of course meticulously designed not to sound like, well, a political speech. Tristam Hunt had seen through the design of President George W. Bush’s inaugural speech in 2005. In Hunt’s article, â€Å"Historians in Cahoot†, he pointed out the heavy use of the term â€Å"history.†           President Bush had repeatedly mentioned historic events that range from the formulation of the declaration of independence to the tragic 911 attacks. Hunt’s article is seemingly arguing that history could be used as a political tool. People are attracted to history. It could be nostalgia, or it could just be that history is always presented in a packaged formâ€â€a packaged form in a sense that the past events are already modified and consequently stripped of the other details. Moreover, history is often accused of being biased.            Before the article had actually started, there was a suggestion for reading that suggests that there is a distinction between history as â€Å"inspiration†and history as â€Å"instruction.†Aside from the fact that the suggestion for reading had served its purpose as a guide, it leads the readers to a profound realization about history. There is a hint in Hunt’s article that the Bush administration would pattern its style of governance according to what had already transpired in historyâ€â€a style of governance which is likely to be leaning to only a small portion of the society.
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