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MAKING SENSE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 September 2022
Abstract
This article explores arguments from ‘the right side of history’. These arguments are often interpreted as making an appeal to a trajectory which independently guides history. These arguments are often criticized on the grounds that history simply doesn't work that way. I offer an interpretation of right side of history arguments that does not rely on this sort of historical trajectory, and argue that even this version of the argument fails.
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