Argues that there is much of value to be found in history, stressing the need to use care when drawing lessons from the past, and looks at how people and governments have abused history in order to promote their own causes.
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
This book explores the many ways in which history -- its values and dangers -- affects us all, including how it is used and abused. The author reveals how a deeper engagement with history in our private lives and, more important, in the sphere of public debate can guide us to a …
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.