Europeans say that sober reflection on their own checkered past has taught them to reject wars of the nation-state, to mediate, not deter, and to trust in Enlightenment rationality instead of primitive emotions surrounding God and country.
Look closer, though, and you’ll discover the pulse of history still beating beneath Europe’s postmodern surface—and beating stronger daily.
Postmodernism, as a theory, was the only theory I was given in my "historical methology" course that I took as a graduate student about 10 years ago, though now...I think it would be hard to find a course on it. Its interesting how "theories" change. Hanson assumes that the US is culturally immune to "continential" theories of this sort,...but like I said it was the ONLY theory I was taught. If it was not for 9/11 it would still likely be the toast de jour of many a history graduate student in US Universities.