Ep. 31: Why is History Political? w/ Michael Tabuyan

The P*I* Podcast

History has served as both a target and a tool of politics. Historical revisionism and misinformation is currently saturating social media with backlash taking the form of deploying history as a means to forward political moral standards. Why is this the case? What is the relationship between History and Politics? How is History written? How can we have better conversations about History? We discuss this and more with our friend Mike Tabuyan who, as a citizen-academic, is currently engaged in the popularization of Philippine history.

0:00 Music

0:11 Intro

0:45 Politics and History

4:50 Mike Tabuyan and History engagements

9:40 How Mike got into Polsci and History

20:30 What is the relationship between Political Science and History

24:50 How is history written? History is written by the winners?

28:30 History for our generation and Historical Contestation

31:20 How can History writing be objective?

38:40 Dealing with many voices within History

42:10 How do historians handle debates and the multiplicity of historical narratives?

50:00 Bridging National and Local History

53:20 The issue of using History in promoting moral standards

56:40 Historians and the political discourse

1:05:50 How should we teach political history?

1:18:20 Recommendations

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Recommendations:

Talking history: Conversations with Teodoro Agoncillo

https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/talking-history-conversations-with-teodoro-a-agoncillo-by-ambeth-r-ocampo-i1210064104.html

Ambeth Ocampo books

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/ambeth-r-ocampo/859743/

https://shopee.ph/New-Complete-Looking-Back-Series-by-Ambeth-R.-Ocampo-(15-books)-with-FREE-4-pcs.-blank-notebook-i.16154913.13320752553

Veneration Without understanding by Renato Constantino

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472337185390141?journalCode=rjoc20

Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People

https://www.amazon.com/Kasaysayan-Story-Filipino-People/dp/9622582249

Thucydides and the Meaning of Political History by Leo Strauus

https://fdocuments.in/document/leo-strauss-thucydides-meaning-of-political-history-ocr.html

Theses on the Philosophy of History by Walter Benjamin

https://www.sfu.ca/~andrewf/CONCEPT2.html

Social Science and Humanism by Leo Strauss

https://archive.org/stream/LeoStraussSocialScienceHumanism1956/Leo%20Strauss%20-%20Social%20Science%20%26%20Humanism%20%5B1956%5D_djvu.txt

Ang Babae sa Septic Tank part 3

https://www.netflix.com/title/81499164

History with Lourd

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HOfFlVmenbP-Qg5vICWpaPigCg3lKl0