Antoon De Baets

Crimes against History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781138574229
• ISBN-10: 1138574228
• Artikelnr.: 54587113

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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