Political Uses of the Past - The Recent Mediterranean Experience

This work addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "Past" and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Plaestine historical narrative.

List of contents

The book constitutes a major contribution to the understanding of the Mediterranean"

- Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans

About the author

Giovanni Levi

Summary

A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "past" and its changing relevance.

Product details

• Assisted by: Giovanni Levi (Editor), Jacques Revel (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780714682440
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8244-0
• No. of pages: 138
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 184 g
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous