Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

3067.729 - 3093.001 Simon Sebag Montefiore

But history is not really a matter of heroes and villains, or very rarely it is. And this is certainly not a moment when that is the case. So a broadening of the history is essential. I also think another sort of approach to it is like it's an enormously hubristic arrogance to project the history of your own country onto distant countries. You know, Edward Said famously wrote about Orientalism.