Joel—have you actually read the Bruce Gilley book?
If you haven’t, maybe give it a try before dismissing it as something that’s ‘extremely useful to avoid associating ourselves with’.
To me, EA involves a moral obligation to seek the truth about contentious political topics, especially those that concern the origins and functioning of successful institutions—which is what the whole colonialism debate is centrally about. And not ignoring these topics just to stay inside the Overton window.
Joel—have you actually read the Bruce Gilley book?
If you haven’t, maybe give it a try before dismissing it as something that’s ‘extremely useful to avoid associating ourselves with’.
To me, EA involves a moral obligation to seek the truth about contentious political topics, especially those that concern the origins and functioning of successful institutions—which is what the whole colonialism debate is centrally about. And not ignoring these topics just to stay inside the Overton window.