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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... success in projecting a positive alternative to the East German state . Though reunification will undoubtedly boost ... successful past . This is why the political elite , especially under the Kohl government in the 1980s , has been so ...
... success in projecting a positive alternative to the East German state . Though reunification will undoubtedly boost ... successful past . This is why the political elite , especially under the Kohl government in the 1980s , has been so ...
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... successful United States became the object of confidence . Economic success was its own justification , minimising the problem of values . In the same way the West German establishment hoped that its economic track record would ...
... successful United States became the object of confidence . Economic success was its own justification , minimising the problem of values . In the same way the West German establishment hoped that its economic track record would ...
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... success . It is my hope that when this is over , we will have kicked once and for all the so - called Vietnam syndrome ' , said President Bush in the final stages of the Gulf War . " The realisation of this hope at least in part depends ...
... success . It is my hope that when this is over , we will have kicked once and for all the so - called Vietnam syndrome ' , said President Bush in the final stages of the Gulf War . " The realisation of this hope at least in part depends ...
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