This week, ending in December 07 2017:
Today's thread is for open discussion of:
History in the academy
Historiographical disputes, debates and rivalries
Implications of historical theory both abstractly and in application
Philosophy of history
And so on
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion only of matters like those above, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
I'm trying to better understand the historiographical genealogy of John Dower's War Without Mercy. Was a racial understanding of the Pacific War's brutality unprecedented? What are the other main scholarly explanations for the fighting's horrific character?
Could anyone point me towards some academic literature that analyses the United Nations through Michel Foucault's concept of Governmentality?