Teorija koju forsiraš se inače u modernoj istoriografiji naziva “Bečkom školom” (bez one “berlinske” - Vienna School of History), izgrađena je oko ne previše vešto zamaskiranih postulata velikonemačkog/pan-germanskog nacionalizma i njeno neograničeno propagiranje (sve do “naučno” rasističkog učenja o “inferiornim Slovenima iz močvare”) je glavni razlog procvata svih mogućih autohtonizama.
Inače dotični istoriografski pravac se poziva ni na koga drugog nego upravo na Jordanesa.
The
Vienna School of History is an influential school of historical thinking based at the
University of Vienna. It is closely associated with
Reinhard Wenskus,
Herwig Wolfram and
Walter Pohl. Partly drawing upon ideas from
sociology and
critical theory, scholars of the Vienna School have utilized the concept of
ethnogenesis to reassess the notion of ethnicity as it applies to historical groups of peoples such as the
Germanic tribes. Focusing on
Late Antiquityand the
Early Middle Ages, the Vienna School has a large publishing output, and has had a major influence on the modern analysis of
barbarian identity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_School_of_History
Kritičari Bečke škole podvače njenu očito etnonacionalističku motivaciju:
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the issue of early medieval ethnic identity was hotly contested between the Vienna School and the so-called Toronto School,
[10] of whom
Walter Goffart is a leading member.
[8] While the Vienna School considers
Old Norse literature and works such as
Getica by
Jordanes to be of some value, this is completely rejected by
the Toronto School. They consider these works to be artificial constructions entirely devoid from oral tradition.
[8] While neither of the schools are entirely homogeneous in their approach, discussions between the two schools have been characterized by an unusually
intense passion and highly polemic dialogue.[8] This has included accusations and insinuations by members of the Toronto school that
members of the Vienna school relied on scholarship and ideas from the Nazi period or sympathized with ethnonationalists; such accusations were particularly strong in the 2002 volume
On Barbarian Identity, containing essays by members of the Toronto School.
[11] As of 2020, however, the polemic has died down. James Harland and Matthias Friedrich write that "
roadly speaking, advocates of both camps have shared goals, and oppose the racist and ethnonationalist agendas which draw upon interpretations of the late antique world as an ideological resource".[12]
