 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
History should be taught as the history of the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not undue emphasis upon one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness.
Source: Bertrand Russell: What is Democracy, 1953,（the teaching of history のところ）
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Textbooks on world history should be compiled by a global academic organisation under the auspices of the United Nations, and national histories should be written as regional histories from that world history perspective (the perspective of humanity as a whole). Of course, for periods when there was little interaction with the rest of the world, it would not be too much of a problem to compile them from the country's own perspective... Translated with DeepL.com (free version)