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Why History?
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Product Description
Why History is an introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether a knowledge and understanding of the past is a good thing to have and if so, why.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #847571 in Books
- Published on: 1999-09-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 248 pages
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From the Back Cover
Why History? is an introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether a knowledge and understanding of the past is necessary, and if so, why? In the context of postmodern times, Why History? suggests that the goal of learning lessons from the past is actually learning lessons from stories written by historians and others. If the past as history has no foundation, can anything ethical be gained from its study?
Why History presents liberating challenges to history and ethics, proposing that we have reached an emancipatory moment which is well beyond the end of history.
