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Rethinking History
The Journal of Theory and Practice
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Research Article

The problem of teleological history education and the possibilities of a multispecies, multiscalar, and non-continuous history

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Pages 488-510 | Received 31 Aug 2022, Accepted 08 May 2023, Published online: 16 May 2023

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