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 197
... writes of a ' sense of ending , which accompanied this dramatic transformation of the intellectual climate . To illustrate this Kumar cites H. G. Wells ' prophetic novel of 1907 , The War in the Air , where Wells writes of the ...
... writes of a ' sense of ending , which accompanied this dramatic transformation of the intellectual climate . To illustrate this Kumar cites H. G. Wells ' prophetic novel of 1907 , The War in the Air , where Wells writes of the ...
Page 234
... writes that society ' presupposes or implies a common pursuit of shared purposes that can be achieved only by conscious collaboration ' . " Hayek wishes to contest this supposition on two grounds : first that the limits of individual ...
... writes that society ' presupposes or implies a common pursuit of shared purposes that can be achieved only by conscious collaboration ' . " Hayek wishes to contest this supposition on two grounds : first that the limits of individual ...
Page 257
... writes that one of the important contributions of British Marxist historians has been ' the recovery and assemblage of a " radical democratic tradition " in which have been asserted what might be called " counter - hegemonic ...
... writes that one of the important contributions of British Marxist historians has been ' the recovery and assemblage of a " radical democratic tradition " in which have been asserted what might be called " counter - hegemonic ...
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