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, decolonizing the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It is condemned as enemy territory and has become the target of venomous hate. What is at sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Furedi, Frank, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2024.
Subjects:	United States > History. Twenty-first century > Ethics. Historiography > Political aspects. Civilization, Western. Historiography > Social aspects. HISTORY / Civilization.

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.