The Uses and Abuses of History - 9780143054788
Un libro in lingua di Margaret MacMillan edito da Renouf Pub Co Ltd, 2009
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History is useful when it is used properly: to understand why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. It can offer examples to inform our decisions and guesses about the consequences of our actions. But we should be wary of looking to history for dogmatic lessons.We should distrust those who abuse history when they call on it to justify unreasonable claims to land, for example, or restitution. MacMillan illustrates how dangerous history can be in the hands of nationalistic or religious or ethnic leaders who use it to foster a sense of grievance and a desire for revenge.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Uses and Abuses of History
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Margaret MacMillan
- Editore: Renouf Pub Co Ltd
- Collana: (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 17 Gennaio '09
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Historiography History Philosophy Decision making
- Pagine: 194
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0143054783
- EAN-13: 9780143054788