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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... industry is seen as a blow to Britain's capacity to produce a usable past . Patriotic British film producer David Puttnam ( of Chariots of Fire fame ) has observed that there is no longer enough hard cash to promote a decent nationalist ...
... industry is seen as a blow to Britain's capacity to produce a usable past . Patriotic British film producer David Puttnam ( of Chariots of Fire fame ) has observed that there is no longer enough hard cash to promote a decent nationalist ...
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... industry as it made millions at the American box office . Dubbed a New Age ' movie , this is an ecologically sound , racially enlightened portrayal of the Old West , where the Indians impart the profundities of folk wisdom and the ...
... industry as it made millions at the American box office . Dubbed a New Age ' movie , this is an ecologically sound , racially enlightened portrayal of the Old West , where the Indians impart the profundities of folk wisdom and the ...
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... industry and settled populations , gigantic cities spreading gigantically , the seas and oceans dotted with shipping , the land netted with rails and open ways . Then suddenly the German airfleets sweep across the scene , and we are in ...
... industry and settled populations , gigantic cities spreading gigantically , the seas and oceans dotted with shipping , the land netted with rails and open ways . Then suddenly the German airfleets sweep across the scene , and we are in ...
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