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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... memory but also of daily life - and , to tell the truth , politics tout court . This is the same Greek experience that is addressed , following a different process , by Antonis Liakos in reflecting on the construction of national ...
... memory but also of daily life - and , to tell the truth , politics tout court . This is the same Greek experience that is addressed , following a different process , by Antonis Liakos in reflecting on the construction of national ...
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... memory , identity , genocide , witness , responsibility will certainly be on it . The contemporary is an imperative . Pressure , at least vague and sometimes very specific or emphatic , has been brought to bear in order for the social ...
... memory , identity , genocide , witness , responsibility will certainly be on it . The contemporary is an imperative . Pressure , at least vague and sometimes very specific or emphatic , has been brought to bear in order for the social ...
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... memory . But the domain of the contemporary , where the historian is a mere latecomer , is largely occupied - by ... memories ( forgotten , recalled , triggered , and so forth ) and political agendas . Clearly , historians are not in ...
... memory . But the domain of the contemporary , where the historian is a mere latecomer , is largely occupied - by ... memories ( forgotten , recalled , triggered , and so forth ) and political agendas . Clearly , historians are not in ...
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... memory . This memory cannot restrict itself to each nation's history . It must also expand to include the memory of humanity which has been tragically affected in the course of this century by several genocides . ' The transition is ...
... memory . This memory cannot restrict itself to each nation's history . It must also expand to include the memory of humanity which has been tragically affected in the course of this century by several genocides . ' The transition is ...
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... memory ( it should be possible for the victims ' complaints to be spoken , heard , and receive a form of reparation ) , but they were also to function and above all to remain as ' instruments of history ' ( which is why the proceedings ...
... memory ( it should be possible for the victims ' complaints to be spoken , heard , and receive a form of reparation ) , but they were also to function and above all to remain as ' instruments of history ' ( which is why the proceedings ...
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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