Our book club started as a way to study historical social movements to inform our current activism, but three months in we're realizing we all have different ideas about what lessons we're supposed to extract and some people want academic analysis while others want immediate application.
More people experience this than they realize.
A collective attempting to derive wisdom from the past discovers fundamental disagreements about the purpose and methodology of historical inquiry.
“Where Are You with The temporal axis — studying the past as preparation?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.