History: Why It Matters - Hardcover

Buch 1 von 12: Why It Matters

Hunt, Lynn

 
9781509525539: History: Why It Matters
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 150952553X ISBN 13: 9781509525539
Verlag: Polity, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same event. Frequently, new discoveries force us to re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the past.

So how can any certainty about history be established, and why does it matter? Lynn Hunt shows why the search for truth about the past, as a continual process of discovery, is vital for our societies. History has an essential role to play in ensuring honest presentation of evidence. In this way, it can foster humility about our present-day concerns, a critical attitude toward chauvinism, and an openness to other peoples and cultures. History, Hunt argues, is our best defense against tyranny.

Introducing Polity's Why It Matters series; in these short and lively books, world-leading thinkers make the case for the importance of their subjects and aim to inspire a new generation of students.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lynn Hunt is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA and the author of numerous popular and scholarly history books.

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Verlag
Polity
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
150952553X
ISBN 13 
9781509525539
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
140
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