The war against the past : why the West must fight for its history /

"A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it's toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway to render the past toxic. In this book, Frank Furedi mounts a fierce defence of the past and calls for a fight back agains...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Furedi, Frank, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Historiography > Political aspects. Civilization, Western > Historiography. Civilization, Western. Historiography > Social aspects. United States > History. Twenty-first century > Ethics. Historiographie > Aspect politique. Civilisation occidentale. Historiographie > Aspect social. États-Unis > Histoire. Vingt et unième siècle > Morale. Civilisation occidentale > Historiographie. HISTORY / Civilization. Civilization, Western Civilization, Western > Historiography Historiography > Political aspects Historiography > Social aspects United States History Informational works Informational works. Documents d'information.

Table of Contents:

What is the past?
The war's long gestation
The ideology of year zero
The present eternalized
Identity and the past
The struggle to control language
Disinheriting the young from their past.