IN the last couple of weeks, history has been brought to the forefront. Until then, it appeared that it might be stifled and marginalised in favour of the physical sciences and mathematics. But Arof Ishak’s explantaion of history in “Narration of history of nations” (The Star, March 5) needs some comments.
He appears unaware how history has been defined academically for many years now. There was a time when it was said that “History is politics and politics history”.
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