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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... Europe who stood alone when the whole of the rest of Europe collapsed , and the people who , with the United States , liberated Europe . ' " Thatcher's views are far from eccentric , as anyone familiar with the British media will ...
... Europe who stood alone when the whole of the rest of Europe collapsed , and the people who , with the United States , liberated Europe . ' " Thatcher's views are far from eccentric , as anyone familiar with the British media will ...
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... Europe has two reasons for refusing to regard itself as decadent . It was Europe's achievements , and later its military follies , that brought humanity to the threshold of the universal age . In an age in which men no longer need to ...
... Europe has two reasons for refusing to regard itself as decadent . It was Europe's achievements , and later its military follies , that brought humanity to the threshold of the universal age . In an age in which men no longer need to ...
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... Europe . The article , based on a journey to Europe during the summer of 1950 , reports on his discussions with intellectuals and politicians . The dominant influence is of course the Cold War . This is the period of the Korean War ...
... Europe . The article , based on a journey to Europe during the summer of 1950 , reports on his discussions with intellectuals and politicians . The dominant influence is of course the Cold War . This is the period of the Korean War ...
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