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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History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. With a capital H Historical thinking should not be confused with history . There are different types of history , some of which embody a consciousness of change and some of which do not ...
History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. With a capital H Historical thinking should not be confused with history . There are different types of history , some of which embody a consciousness of change and some of which do not ...
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History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. truth in accordance with the convictions of the author . In a work dealing with higher policy it is held to go without ... history writing in the western world . History and society 79.
History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. truth in accordance with the convictions of the author . In a work dealing with higher policy it is held to go without ... history writing in the western world . History and society 79.
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History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. such views to Marx . Once the historical subject is suppressed and taken out of the picture then many of the criticisms made of Marx actually become plausible . Take the question of ...
History and Society in an Anxious Age Frank Furedi. such views to Marx . Once the historical subject is suppressed and taken out of the picture then many of the criticisms made of Marx actually become plausible . Take the question of ...
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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