Crimes against History

ISBN-13: 9781138574229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 186 str.

Antoon de Baets

Opis

Crimes against History takes a global approach to the extreme forms of censorship to which history and historians have been subjected through the ages. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in how deeply history and politics influence each other, as well as for anyone wanting a fuller view of the history of history.

Spis treści

Part 1: Kill switch   1. Historians killed for political reasons   2. Archivists killed for political reasons  3. Public attacks of political leaders on historians  4. Iconoclastic breaks with the past  5. Fake news—the latest threat?  Part 2: Fragile freedom  6. The subversive power of historical analogies  7. Resistance to the censorship of history

O autorze

Antoon De Baets is professor of history, ethics, and human rights by special appointment of the Foundation Euroclio at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is the author of 185 publications, including Responsible History, and the coordinator of the Network of Concerned Historians.