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  • Chapter 3 - A Militant and Peasant-Based Medieval History in Brazil: Fanning the Spark of Hope

  • Edited by Nadia R. Altschul, University of Glasgow, Maria Ruhlmann, The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
  • Book:
    Iberoamerican Neomedievalisms
    Published by:
    Amsterdam University Press
    Published online:
    18 November 2023
    Print publication:
    31 March 2023, pp 41-62

  • Summary

    It is time for professional historians to renounce the solitary comforts of our offices and promote a history that engages with social realities and can be a tool for political intervention in the present, as well as a beacon for the future. My appeal is directed especially to those who address remote societies in space or in time: to promote a type of history that is engaged in the social struggles of the present and to preserve our field against current trends that systematically and progressively threaten its substance, density, meaning and raison d’être. Despite personal devotion to past temporalities, I contend that historians should invest all their efforts and passion into building an alternative future to the dark approaching horizon that is being shaped, a product of the swift degradation of our living conditions. I likewise contend that this attitude necessarily requires the promotion of a militant and anti-capitalist history.

    I will start by making clear a known point. Our reigning proposition commands historians to practise our craft in a rigorous manner. Yet an implicit side of that proposition is that our craft must be unpretentious and aseptic, a so-called technical knowledge purified of political passion and inclination. This implicit belief is unshaken despite our knowledge that all established scholars are biased. Some may be openly pro-establishment, denouncing “conspiracies,” and supporting, for instance, the so-called clash of civilizations or the many kinds of “historical revisionism.” These might in fact be worth a measure of respect for doing this openly. Many, as examined by Josep Fontana and Julio Aróstegui, do it implicitly, hiding from readers the epistemological and theoretical perspectives that shape their intellectual production. Moreover, almost all involved find it easier to denounce as ideological only history that is explicitly anti-hegemonic. The proposition of this chapter is therefore not new or “alternative,” although it might not be as fashionable as it once was, at least not since the celebration of the triumph of capitalism and Francis Fukuyama's so-called end of history. In order to produce a history that offers an alternative tomorrow—an alternative to the “wasteland” that is our ongoing future—the rigorous practice of the craft is a sine qua non. This remark should assuage the purists.

Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects
  • 2nd edition
  • Stephen James O'Meara
  • Photographs by Mario Motta
  • Published online:
    05 September 2016
    Print publication:
    26 September 2016
  • The Caldwell Catalogue, compiled by the late Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), has delighted amateur astronomers worldwide since its publication in 1995. Twenty years on, Stephen James O'Meara revisits his guide to these 109 deep-sky delights, breathing new life into them and the 20 additional observing targets included as an appendix. This second edition retains O'Meara's detailed visual descriptions and sketches, accompanied by stunning new images taken by amateur photographer Mario Motta and observations by Magda Streicher. The astrophysical descriptions have been updated to account for the many advances in our understanding of the objects, not least due to an armada of space-borne observatories and the new technologies used in large ground-based telescopes. Ideal for observers who have completed the Messier objects and are looking for their next challenge, Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects is a fitting tribute from a renowned visual observer to one of astronomy's most famous personalities.

Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep
  • Stephen James O'Meara
  • Photographs by Mario Motta
  • Published online:
    25 October 2011
    Print publication:
    30 June 2011
  • In this fresh list, Stephen James O'Meara presents 109 new objects for stargazers to observe. The Secret Deep list contains many exceptional objects, including a planetary nebula whose last thermal pulse produced a circumstellar shell similar to the one expected in the final days of our Sun's life; a piece of the only supernova remnant known visible to the unaided eye; the flattest galaxy known; the largest edge-on galaxy in the heavens; the brightest quasar; and the companion star to one of the first black hole candidates ever discovered. Each object is accompanied by beautiful photographs and sketches, original finder charts, visual histories and up-to-date astrophysical information to enrich the observing experience. Featuring galaxies, clusters and nebulae not covered in other Deep-Sky Companions books, this is a wonderful addition to the series and an essential guide for any deep-sky observer.

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