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 narratives ...
... 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 narratives ...
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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 sciences ...
... 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 sciences ...
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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 control of ...
... 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 control of ...
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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 made ...
... 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 made ...
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Contents
Towards an Ethnographic Phenomenology of the Greek Spirit | |
The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination | |
Shifting Boundaries Clientalism and Balkan Identities | |
Armenia during World War I | |
On the Political Use of History | |
The Two Levels of Public Use of the Past | |
Out of Place Out of Time | |
Political Uses of History in Spain | |
Abstracts | |
List of Contributors | |
Index | |
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