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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... possible to forget difficult moments in the past such as Vichy or the Algerian War . It goes without saying that these variants criss - cross each other , mingling within historical discourses infinitely more complex and subtle than ...
... possible to forget difficult moments in the past such as Vichy or the Algerian War . It goes without saying that these variants criss - cross each other , mingling within historical discourses infinitely more complex and subtle than ...
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... possible given the resources offered by this past and the constraints which , nevertheless , it imposes . This touches upon an entire set of questions which arise in connection with the national whole . Thus Elias Sanbar discusses the ...
... possible given the resources offered by this past and the constraints which , nevertheless , it imposes . This touches upon an entire set of questions which arise in connection with the national whole . Thus Elias Sanbar discusses the ...
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... possible to separate the production of a body of knowledge about this past from the political appeals and implications which surround it and weigh it down . This may be seen as a way of pointing to the limits on what professional ...
... possible to separate the production of a body of knowledge about this past from the political appeals and implications which surround it and weigh it down . This may be seen as a way of pointing to the limits on what professional ...
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... 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.
... 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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... 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 were recorded ...
... 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 were recorded ...
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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