Partisan histories
the past in contemporary global politics
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Kenney, Padraic, 1963- - Contributor
Publication
2005 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
49,500 words, Guess
Page Count
198 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3310997M
- ISBN-101403964556
- OCLC Control Number56894339
- OCLC Control Numberpartisanhistorie0000frie
- Library of Congress Control Number2004061671
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- Goodreads5164667
Classifications
- DDC909.82
- LCCD16.163 .F75 2005
Description
Partisan Histories is an introduction to the multiple uses of history in contemporary political debate and conflict. As communities reimagine themselves, a contest over defining legitimacy, identifying us and others, and jockeying for political control intersects with fights over history and memory. Here distinguished scholars examine how competing versions of national identity are legitimized through appeals to carefully constructed 'pasts' both in democracies and in repressive regimes. The essays focus on the cases of Armenia, Chile, France, Germany, India and Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, Japan, Nigeria, and the United States to draw broader conclusions about the worldwide effect of traumatic memory, questions of punishment and restitution, and the instrumentalization of the past for political purposes.
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