![]() In this first part, I’m going to address the issue of what, academically, he’s doing here by asking a question I often ask my history colleagues, namely what exactly is the nature of history and how should we approach studying it? Rather than trying to cram this all into one essay I’ve opted to divide into three parts. Is this history? Is it social science? Is it policy proscription? Is it all three? And finally one has to ask now, in 2022, are his observations about the pandemic and the US government’s response to the crisis timely and helpful in understanding what went wrong and how to prevent a similar crisis in the future? Second, there’s the nature of the project. His reliance on lists and terms from writers and thinkers throughout the social sciences can be overwhelming. Keeping up with Ferguson’s learned and descriptive stories that supposedly help illustrate various points can be exhausting. ![]() It’s like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant, using a straw. ![]()
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