Is history under threat?
Increasingly, the modern, individualistic global West is coming to see history as a discipline that's irrelevant, harmful, and divisive.
Some are worried that we're becoming increasingly disconnected from a broader story.
Can the past help us navigate our modern world? Or is it better if we let it fade into a "dark age"?
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