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declensionist narrative: a standalone construct

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Historiography

a historical storyline plotted as decline from a better past, contrasted with progressive narratives, whose choice shapes what environmental histories explain.

In historiography, declensionist narrative refers to a historical storyline plotted as decline from a better past, contrasted with progressive narratives, whose choice shapes what environmental histories explain. This meaning comes from Cronon (1992) in The Journal of American History.[1]

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References

  1. Cronon, W. (1992). A Place for Stories: Nature, History, and Narrative. The Journal of American History, 78(4), 1347. https://doi.org/10.2307/2079346

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