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Partisan Histories

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Partisan Histories

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
198
Release Date:
2005-06-11
Publication Date:
2005-06-15
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan Us
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1403964564
ISBN13:
9781403964564
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
289 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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