08-11-2004, 06:26 PM
I agree that connections and multidisciplinar approach is the key, but I don´t think it is possible for a single person to master fields that have becomed so specialized. Books about general theories are in general easily discredited by specialists just to point out the unavoidable mistakes in their particluar fields. The only answer is interdisciplinar teams, that is a common fact in aachaeology, not so in history, where most works are made by individual, or at most a team specialized in a narrow field. However I think that should be the future of historical research.<br>
BTW I totally agree on the footnotes, too many people value artcles on account of their number, and too many writers have not read their own bibliography. I am especially upset when I read a quote of an ancient author and the footnote point to a modern scholar that quoted that, not to the original source. <p></p><i></i>
BTW I totally agree on the footnotes, too many people value artcles on account of their number, and too many writers have not read their own bibliography. I am especially upset when I read a quote of an ancient author and the footnote point to a modern scholar that quoted that, not to the original source. <p></p><i></i>
