I’m currently writing something criticizing Roderick Stackelberg’s introduction to his textbook Hitlers Germany: Origins, Legacy, Interpretations.
I feel pretty confident that my arguments are sound, but like…idk…I’m not a historian? I don’t have a history degree [I’m a STEM major], I don’t have a background in it, etc. So it just feels…wrong I guess? I mean I get everyone can and should be criticized, but some of the things he says are…well I’ll just save the quotes for the full article. It just makes me anxious that either I’m wrong and I just don’t know it yet, or I’m right and my perception of education gets a lot worse.
I get like this criticizing people with economics degrees to.
If you’re wrong about something and someone corrects you that’s not a failure, it’s an opportunity to grow and further your understanding.
But I get it. I’m always nervous about not being rigorous in analysis and research. I don’t perceive myself as a particularly strong writer as well. I should engage in discourse more to improve myself, but that doesn’t change my personal hangups about doing it.