The Engaged Historian
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The Engaged Historian

Perspectives on the Intersections of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession

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eBook - ePub

The Engaged Historian

Perspectives on the Intersections of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession

About this book

On the surface, historical scholarship might seem thoroughly incompatible with political engagement: the ideal historian, many imagine, is a disinterested observer focused exclusively on the past. In truth, however, political action and historical research have been deeply intertwined for as long as the historical profession has existed. In this insightful collection, practicing historians analyze, reflect on, and share their experiences of this complex relationship. From the influence of historical scholarship on world political leaders to the present-day participation of researchers in post-conflict societies and the Occupy movement, these studies afford distinctive, humane, and stimulating views on historical practice and practitioners

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781805397403, 9781789201994
eBook ISBN
9781805399179
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Teaching History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction Historical Writing and Civic Engagement: A Symbiotic Relationship
  6. Chapter 1. Engagement: Metahistorical Considerations on a Disputed Attitude in Historical Studies
  7. Chapter 2. The Ideal of Justice and Its Significance for Historians as Engaged Intellectuals
  8. Chapter 3. Committed Writing: History and Narrative Communication Revisited
  9. Chapter 4. The Historian-King: Political Leaders, Historical Consciousness and Wise Government
  10. Chapter 5. Historians with a Cause: Refugees’ Memory and Historical Practices in Interwar Greece
  11. Chapter 6. The Making of the Zhanguo Ce Clique: The Politicization of History Knowledge in Wartime China
  12. Chapter 7. The Historicization of World War II in Greece after the Civil War: Looking Back on the Public Debate over a Lecture by British Historian C.M. Woodhouse
  13. Chapter 8. Historians as Dissidents: Intellectual ‘Eros’ in Action
  14. Chapter 9. The Social Movement History as a Social Movement in and of Itself
  15. Chapter 10. Professional Historical Writing and Human Rights Engagement in the Twenty-First Century: Innovative Approaches and Their Dilemmas
  16. Chapter 11. Using the Past: The Brazilian Cinema between Censorship and Representation
  17. Chapter 12. Historians and the Trauma of the Past: The Destruction of Security Files on Citizens in Greece, 1989
  18. Chapter 13. Historians and/in the New Media
  19. Chapter 14. Street History: Coming to Terms with the Past in Occupy Movements
  20. Afterword The Historian as an Engaged Intellectual: Historical Writing and Social Criticism – A Personal Retrospective
  21. Index