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Why bother with history? : ancient, modern, and postmodern motivations

This text looks at the debates concerning the value of history but differs from many of the other books by offering perspectives from across the centuries rather than just the dense philosophical present
Print Book, English, 2000
Longman, Harlow, England, 2000
xi, 184 pages ; 25 cm
9780582423916, 9780582423909, 0582423910, 0582423902
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History for history's sake
History and historical examples
History and psychology: identity-memory and forgetting; meaning and purpose
History, politics and power
History and religion
History and education
Postmodernism, history and values
Postmodern history and the future