Has Anyone Read Michael Parenti's Book

[FOREVER LEFT]

It is a simple book to read and it is about a people's history of ancient Rome. Dr. Parenti trashes all the classical historians---Plutarch, Herodotus, Gibbon, Livy and above all Cicero. He says these figures write "gentleman's history"--- that is they write history through their upper class bias which leads them to look down on the workers and admire the upper class leaders. Parenti claims that Caesar was assassinated by Brutus, Cassius, Casca etc. not because these Senators wanted to restore the Republic but because Caesar wanted to push some reforms for the workers which of course threatened the upper class interests. The book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.


http://www.michaelparenti.org/Caesar.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assassina...f_Julius_Caesar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar)

[Ezekiel]

Hmm, I don't know about that, sounds more like revisionist history. Maybe I should read it before I definitively say that though.
But his book "Blackshirts and Reds" was outstanding, although I don't support unquestionably upholding the USSR. But to be fair, in comparison to America, the USSR was babes in the woods.

[FOREVER LEFT]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10, 2007 01:05 am
Hmm, I don't know about that, sounds more like revisionist history. Maybe I should read it before I definitively say that though.
But his book "Blackshirts and Reds" was outstanding, although I don't support unquestionably upholding the USSR. But to be fair, in comparison to America, the USSR was babes in the woods.
I don't think it is revisionist in the pejorative sense of the term. Just think--- did the people of ancient times have the ability to read and write? Most did not. Then who wrote the histories back then-- well mostly educated upper class white men. And we all know how reliable those kinds of histories are that are written by educated upper class white men. (sarcasm intended)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism