Revisionist History Malcolm Gladwell Analysis
Revisionist History is a series of podcasts created by the famous journalist Malcolm Gladwell who brought major topics that relate to life in the United States. Gladwell created these podcasts to reinterpret stories that he thinks is misconceived. Gladwell examines the topics precisely, with the occupation of other journalists, government officials and experts he arrives at a clearer understanding of the facts and tales about the past. Through listening to “Generous Orthodoxy” which is episode number nine in the first season of the Revisionist History series. Gladwell explained the meaning behind “Generous Orthodoxy” which consists of two words, the first word “Generous” means that the person is open to change, while the second word “Orthodoxy” means to stick with
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In this podcast, by referring to Elizabeth Thompson and Julia Gillard, Gladwell illustrates moral licensing, where one good act is used to justify future less virtuous acts. Gladwell reviews two cases that is similar to each other and related to moral licensing too. The first case he mentioned in the podcast was about Elizabeth Thompson, she was a painter in the nineteenth century and she was the who painted the famous painting “The Roll Call”. Thompson gave cover to the royal academy to refuse her painting to be accepted in their ranks. The second case Gladwell referred to in the podcast is the case of Julia Gillard, the first female prime minister in Australia, and how she fought for her position and how even some members in her party said some surprising anti-feminist things after her election. I think this podcast was related to first one I talked about in some way because it also shows us how our world is not Generous enough to accept others and their ideas because of their gender or skin color and that’s what preventing our world from developing
In this podcast, by referring to Elizabeth Thompson and Julia Gillard, Gladwell illustrates moral licensing, where one good act is used to justify future less virtuous acts. Gladwell reviews two cases that is similar to each other and related to moral licensing too. The first case he mentioned in the podcast was about Elizabeth Thompson, she was a painter in the nineteenth century and she was the who painted the famous painting “The Roll Call”. Thompson gave cover to the royal academy to refuse her painting to be accepted in their ranks. The second case Gladwell referred to in the podcast is the case of Julia Gillard, the first female prime minister in Australia, and how she fought for her position and how even some members in her party said some surprising anti-feminist things after her election. I think this podcast was related to first one I talked about in some way because it also shows us how our world is not Generous enough to accept others and their ideas because of their gender or skin color and that’s what preventing our world from developing