Talk:Longue durée

Ranke

Is ranke really a longue duree historian? Isn't he more event- focused, and, in this respect, a contrasting figure to burckhardt? Sergevan (talk) 15:12, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Settler colonialism section

I'm concerned that the section on 'settler colonialism' isn't particularly representative of how longue durée history works, and certainly receives undue weight in this article. I haven't pored over the edit history, but it feels like one person has inserted their particular hobbyhorse into the article in a way that distorts the reader's understanding of this style of history. In particular, I would think the focus on the ideological background of colonialism over a few centuries would better fit into the Annalists' middle scale of history, not the longue durée. Meanwhile, Braudel's emphasis on climate, geography, and very slow-moving economic trends is not really reflected here. I will add a reference to volume 1 of The Mediterranean, and will maybe come back to the article when I have more time, but anyone else with an interest might want to step in as well. --Dalmatic (talk) 16:08, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Dalmatic, the section was added in April 2019 by a student on a wikiedu.org course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GarretNourse. It feels dumped in because it was. Fences&Windows 08:21, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

The section on Settler Colonialism is clearly out of place here. The concept of a longue durée historical method has nothing in particular to do with that subject, and it seems to have been added as a political statement. That’s unfortunate because it detracts from the intriguing historiography that surrounds the real topic of the article. I’d recommend it’s removal entirely. Sychonic (talk) 16:38, 23 April 2022 (UTC)