Their scholarly and popular writing speaks to the present but also deeply respects the rules of evidence and logic that constitute historical objectivity.

However, inside history, the "paradigm" shifted to "the present period of confusion, polarization, and uncertainty, in which the idea of historical objectivity has become more problematic than ever before".

However, because of the necessarily close relationship between author and subject, such works may be (or be perceived to be) partisan in tone, and to lack historical objectivity.

And despite appeals to historical objectivity, Professor Johnson says, many of these studies are pursuing their own agendas.

It is a charming book, but may lack historical objectivity as it was written for consumption by tourists at Scotty's Castle in the 1930s.

Though Barker greatly admired Austin, there is little praise of his subject because of Barker's strict principles of' historical objectivity.

He argued that, in Hochschild's book, historical objectivity was affected by the desire to attract a wide public.

Any reader willing to slog through this lengthy book realizes that the book lacks historical objectivity.

It seems plain that Mr. Bernstein, behind his heroic posturing in defense of historical objectivity, is in fact defending a partisan interpretation of history.

His description of the career of the leader Yali is a model of anthropological and historical objectivity.