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 13
... become the small change of politicians interested in the upholding of special identities and traditions . The themes It is time to isolate some of the themes that will be considered in different contexts in the following chapters . The ...
... become the small change of politicians interested in the upholding of special identities and traditions . The themes It is time to isolate some of the themes that will be considered in different contexts in the following chapters . The ...
Page 60
... becomes , and must become , a mask for innovation , for it no longer expresses the repetition of what has gone before , but actions which are by definition different from those that have gone before . " When there is no way to go back ...
... becomes , and must become , a mask for innovation , for it no longer expresses the repetition of what has gone before , but actions which are by definition different from those that have gone before . " When there is no way to go back ...
Page 94
... become diffuse and weak . The primordial elements that provide men with common identification and affective reciprocity - family , synagogue , church , community - have become attenuated , and people have lost the capacity to maintain ...
... become diffuse and weak . The primordial elements that provide men with common identification and affective reciprocity - family , synagogue , church , community - have become attenuated , and people have lost the capacity to maintain ...
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