The reconceptualist movement can be called an avant-garde, an epithet which gives reconceptualists the status of ex patriates or of leaders on the edge of reform. Shaker and Kridel believe that the fate of the reconceptualist move ment has yet to be decided. If the vision of these theorists can continue to be comprehensive and translate into prac tice, then the promise of the reconcep tualists will be more than just a footnote to history.
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