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 68
... past which approximates to what we have characterised as History . Plumb's conception of ' scientific ' history is less satisfactory than his treatment of the past . He says that the purpose of a historian of this school is to ' see ...
... past which approximates to what we have characterised as History . Plumb's conception of ' scientific ' history is less satisfactory than his treatment of the past . He says that the purpose of a historian of this school is to ' see ...
Page 69
... past . Radical critics of mainstream representations of the past often object to the peculiar form in which national identity is presented , rather than to the legitimacy of the enterprise as such . In response to History they present a ...
... past . Radical critics of mainstream representations of the past often object to the peculiar form in which national identity is presented , rather than to the legitimacy of the enterprise as such . In response to History they present a ...
Page 71
... past two centuries has made it impossible to deny the reality of change , at least in the recent past . In response to the tumultuous consequences of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution , conservatives have not sought to abolish ...
... past two centuries has made it impossible to deny the reality of change , at least in the recent past . In response to the tumultuous consequences of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution , conservatives have not sought to abolish ...
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