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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... development . Historical thinking is the outcome of history : the very recognition that changes take place in society over time is itself the result of social development . Most serious modern thinkers , from across the ideological ...
... development . Historical thinking is the outcome of history : the very recognition that changes take place in society over time is itself the result of social development . Most serious modern thinkers , from across the ideological ...
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... development of national culture and that the task of the historian was to understand the soul and traditions of the ... developments were influenced by mysterious spiritual powers . Despite the metaphysical tendencies evident in the ...
... development of national culture and that the task of the historian was to understand the soul and traditions of the ... developments were influenced by mysterious spiritual powers . Despite the metaphysical tendencies evident in the ...
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... development of civilisation . The powder used to make fireworks in China is subsequently used to fire guns in Europe . Whatever the rights and wrongs of these discoveries , they are part of the stock of human experience . To confine ...
... development of civilisation . The powder used to make fireworks in China is subsequently used to fire guns in Europe . Whatever the rights and wrongs of these discoveries , they are part of the stock of human experience . To confine ...
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