History (n.) is a struggle not simply between human, rational, political forces, but also with the process of history itself insofar as whatever changes are made now will affect not only the future but also how we understand the past.
History (n.) is essentially a history of suffering.
History (n.) is not a mere topic... rather, history is the name for an experience that resist being a 'topic.' It occurs in the breaking down of those structures and forms that serve as the stable ground of one's own position.
History (n.) ignores the fact that forgetting is far greater and more structural than remembering. History grounded in remembering is thus an exceptional adventure of oblivion.
History (n.) breaks down into images not stories.
History (n.) is the story of the victors, a story that suffers from a significant omission; the truth of the vanquished.
History (n.) is the image of the angel gazing on a pile of wreckage. It is not a science but a particular form of memory.
History (n.) is written by the victors.
History (n.) is an articulation of the past, not "in the way it really was". To articulate the past historically is to seize hold of a memory as it flashes up at a moment of danger.