Mythical Past, Elusive Future: History and Society in an Anxious AgeAn examination of the controversies that surround education, tradition and history in an international context. The author examines the sources of the controversy that have arisen around the question of history in Germany, Japan, Britain and the USA. He argues that the conventional distinctions between left and right, or conservative, liberal and socialist have little relevance to the discussion, suggesting that even bitter intellectual foes such as conservatives and the cultural left share common assumptions regarding the past and the nature of history. |
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Page 53
... Britain's long - established and highly respectable school of left - wing history writing . It is the consequence of a significant shift in British national identity in the 1940s towards an emphasis on Britain as a moral nation strongly ...
... Britain's long - established and highly respectable school of left - wing history writing . It is the consequence of a significant shift in British national identity in the 1940s towards an emphasis on Britain as a moral nation strongly ...
Page 54
... Britain is the poorest of the four big economies , behind France and even Italy , as well as Germany . " 93 Britain's relegation from ' playing second fiddle ' is the driving force behind the conservative enthusiasm for history . A ...
... Britain is the poorest of the four big economies , behind France and even Italy , as well as Germany . " 93 Britain's relegation from ' playing second fiddle ' is the driving force behind the conservative enthusiasm for history . A ...
Page 143
... Britain's attention , the editor put forward a robust case for imperialism : The only real question is not whether ... Britain's claim of moral superiority against Hitler's Germany . Nothing less than Britain's imperial past and History ...
... Britain's attention , the editor put forward a robust case for imperialism : The only real question is not whether ... Britain's claim of moral superiority against Hitler's Germany . Nothing less than Britain's imperial past and History ...
Contents
History in demand | 17 |
History and society | 59 |
The moral impasse | 88 |
Copyright | |
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Mythical Pasts, Elusive Futures: History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi No preview available - 1991 |
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absolute values accepted American argued argument Aron attempt become Bell Bloom Britain British capitalism capitalist Cited claims Cold War communities compromise concept concern consciousness consensus conservatism conservative conservative reaction contemporary crisis critical culture Daniel Bell decade decline defence discredited discussion emphasis end of ideology Enlightenment establishment Europe experience faith fascism French French Revolution Fukuyama future German historians Hayek historical thinking historicism historicist Historikerstreit historiography history debate ideas imperialism individual intellectual intelligentsia Japan Japanese left-wing legitimacy liberal Mannheim Marx Marxist masses means modern moral multicultural national identity nationalist history Nazi Nazism nineteenth century particular particularist past patriotism perspective political postwar present problem progress question radical reason relativism religion response revival of History Revolution right-wing role Salisbury Review Second World Second World War social Social Darwinism society Soviet Union suggests theme theory thinkers Third World totalitarianism tradition West writes