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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... of a case for the defence . It will be agreed it is not possible to claim that this type of request - sometimes a commission - does not , one way or the other , affect the historian's position and HISTORIANS AND THE PRESENT CONJUNCTURE 5.
... of a case for the defence . It will be agreed it is not possible to claim that this type of request - sometimes a commission - does not , one way or the other , affect the historian's position and HISTORIANS AND THE PRESENT CONJUNCTURE 5.
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... position and stance , even if the profession sometimes pretends that this is merely a normal extension of its recognized skills . Not all these instances of interference in the public debate - or what is sometimes supposed to substitute ...
... position and stance , even if the profession sometimes pretends that this is merely a normal extension of its recognized skills . Not all these instances of interference in the public debate - or what is sometimes supposed to substitute ...
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... positions ; but also in the demand for and success of the expression ' the history of the present time'.10 It is also noteworthy that the ' present ' which is covered by the history of the present time ' HISTORIANS AND THE PRESENT ...
... positions ; but also in the demand for and success of the expression ' the history of the present time'.10 It is also noteworthy that the ' present ' which is covered by the history of the present time ' HISTORIANS AND THE PRESENT ...
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... position in the European colonial imagination out of all proportion to its size or political influence , its ancient heritage was a matter of deep concern to the Great Powers . The ' liberation ' of Greece from the Turkish ' yoke ' was ...
... position in the European colonial imagination out of all proportion to its size or political influence , its ancient heritage was a matter of deep concern to the Great Powers . The ' liberation ' of Greece from the Turkish ' yoke ' was ...
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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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