Tyson Retz
@tysonretz.bsky.social
Historian of historical and political thought, FRHistS. Australian living in Norway, currently working on Catholic liberals in Restoration France
That's well put. What's curious to history is the way these two modes of thinking seem to foster deeper self-knowledge.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
That's well put. What's curious to history is the way these two modes of thinking seem to foster deeper self-knowledge.
3) 'Empathy’ is an unhelpful term for what is really a type of historical questioning.
The book develops a hermeneutics of question-and-answer that reveals the presuppositions on which thought, belief and action were based. This is the ‘context’ that I suggest requires uncovering 2/2
The book develops a hermeneutics of question-and-answer that reveals the presuppositions on which thought, belief and action were based. This is the ‘context’ that I suggest requires uncovering 2/2
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
3) 'Empathy’ is an unhelpful term for what is really a type of historical questioning.
The book develops a hermeneutics of question-and-answer that reveals the presuppositions on which thought, belief and action were based. This is the ‘context’ that I suggest requires uncovering 2/2
The book develops a hermeneutics of question-and-answer that reveals the presuppositions on which thought, belief and action were based. This is the ‘context’ that I suggest requires uncovering 2/2
Yes. Moving from Australia, which means tests, to Norway, where welfare is universal, has made clear to me that means testing only produces bitterness. The constant complaint that others are being given preferential treatment destroys trust in government and democratic institutions.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yes. Moving from Australia, which means tests, to Norway, where welfare is universal, has made clear to me that means testing only produces bitterness. The constant complaint that others are being given preferential treatment destroys trust in government and democratic institutions.