Political Uses of the Past: The Recent Mediterranean ExperiencesGiovanni Levi, Jacques Revel Routledge, 2014 M04 8 - 136 pages This work addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "Past" and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Plaestine historical narrative. |
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... Construction of National Time : Michael Herzfeld 13 The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination Antonis Liakos 27 Shifting Boundaries , Clientalism and Balkan Identities Drago Roksandič 43 Notes on Two Discordant Histories ...
... Construction of National Time : Michael Herzfeld 13 The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination Antonis Liakos 27 Shifting Boundaries , Clientalism and Balkan Identities Drago Roksandič 43 Notes on Two Discordant Histories ...
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... construction of the collective identity of each . Jacques Revel and François Hartog provide us with an essay that also serves as an introduction to the entire volume , followed by the individual contributions . This volume does not ...
... construction of the collective identity of each . Jacques Revel and François Hartog provide us with an essay that also serves as an introduction to the entire volume , followed by the individual contributions . This volume does not ...
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... construction is required to describe briefer collective experiences or an uncertain path , its continuity interrupted , hesitating between several options or even seeking proof on which to ground its legitimacy or disputing its proof ...
... construction is required to describe briefer collective experiences or an uncertain path , its continuity interrupted , hesitating between several options or even seeking proof on which to ground its legitimacy or disputing its proof ...
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... construction from the nineteenth century on , in which a model of the universal Greek invented by German philologists and imported by the Bavarian monarchy with the help of Westernized elites confronts a regional , Oriental model ...
... construction from the nineteenth century on , in which a model of the universal Greek invented by German philologists and imported by the Bavarian monarchy with the help of Westernized elites confronts a regional , Oriental model ...
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Contents
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Shifting Boundaries Clientalism | 43 |
On the Political Use of History Giovanni Levi | 61 |
The Two Levels of Public Use of the Past Claudio Pavone | 74 |
Out of Place Out of Time Elias Sanbar | 87 |
Political Uses of History in Spain PedroRuiz Torres | 95 |
Abstracts | 117 |
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