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If you object to historical research because of the implications you think it has for present-day institutions or ideals, the history isn't "politicized." Your response is.
The same can of course be said for *approving* of historical research because of its perceived present-day implications -- whether these issue in demands for change or celebrations of the status quo.
The point is that how we *respond to* history is almost inevitably "political."

Blaming historians for this, or judging research by it, is foolish.

Insisting that they produce research that *has* no implications -- or, what is often meant, conservative ones -- is utterly vain.
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