Revisionism
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| - | {{Template}}'''Historical revisionism''' has both a legitimate academic use and a pejorative meaning. | + | {{Template}} |
| - | The pejorative use refers to illegitimate manipulation of history for political purposes, for example [[Holocaust denial]]. | + | :''[[secret history]]'' |
| - | Within the academic field of [[history]], '''historical revisionism''' is the critical reexamination of historical facts, with an eye towards rewriting histories with newly discovered information. The assumption is that history as it has been traditionally told may not be entirely accurate. | + | '''Revisionism''' may refer to: |
| - | == See also == | + | *[[Historical revisionism]], the critical re-examination of presumed historical facts and existing [[historiography]] |
| - | * [[Pseudohistory]] | + | ** The "revisionists" school of thought in [[Soviet and Communist studies]], as opposed to the Cold War "traditionalists" school. |
| - | * [[Black Legend]] | + | *[[Historical revisionism (negationism)]], a particular form of historical revisionism concerned with the denial of facts accepted by mainstream historians |
| - | * [[The Inquisition myth]] | + | *[[Holocaust denial]], any of various claims that standard scholarly descriptions of the Holocaust are substantially erroneous, particularly the denials made by [[David Irving]] |
| - | * [[Continuity thesis ]] | + | *[[Revisionism (Marxism)|Marxist revisionism]], a pejorative term used by some Marxists to describe ideas based on a ''revision'' of fundamental Marxist premises |
| - | * ''[[Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century]]'' | + | *[[Revisionism (fictional)|Fictional revisionism]], the retelling of a story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to "revise" the view shown in the original work |
| + | *Territorial revisionism, a euphemism for [[revanchism]] or [[irredentism]] | ||
| + | * The reevaluation of one's experiences with a [[hindsight bias]]. | ||
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Revisionism may refer to:
- Historical revisionism, the critical re-examination of presumed historical facts and existing historiography
- The "revisionists" school of thought in Soviet and Communist studies, as opposed to the Cold War "traditionalists" school.
- Historical revisionism (negationism), a particular form of historical revisionism concerned with the denial of facts accepted by mainstream historians
- Holocaust denial, any of various claims that standard scholarly descriptions of the Holocaust are substantially erroneous, particularly the denials made by David Irving
- Marxist revisionism, a pejorative term used by some Marxists to describe ideas based on a revision of fundamental Marxist premises
- Fictional revisionism, the retelling of a story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to "revise" the view shown in the original work
- Territorial revisionism, a euphemism for revanchism or irredentism
- The reevaluation of one's experiences with a hindsight bias.
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