Britain's Contested History: Lessons for Patriots
Autor Professor Bernard Porteren Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 iul 2022
In Britain's Contested History, eminent historian Bernard Porter explores the most contested aspects of British history from 1800 to the present day. Examining issues such as Brexit, recent reassessments of Winston Churchill's historical record, the so-called 'culture wars' and Britain's uncomfortable reckoning with its imperial past, the book reconsiders what it means to be a "patriot" in Britain.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350296381
ISBN-10: 1350296384
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 158 x 236 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350296384
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 158 x 236 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface
1. Britains
2. 1800-1945
3. Empire
4. Politics
5. 1946-2016
6. Culture
7. Europeans
8. Brexit
9. History
10. Patriotisms
Select Bibliography
Index
1. Britains
2. 1800-1945
3. Empire
4. Politics
5. 1946-2016
6. Culture
7. Europeans
8. Brexit
9. History
10. Patriotisms
Select Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
[Contains] many eye-opening factoids . Fascinating.
This is an intelligent, thoughtful and well-written book that will keep the reader engaged as it explores the complexities of the British past and its difficult relationship with contemporary politics and politicians. Porter's argument that dumbed-down history is part and parcel of dumbed-down politics should serve as a salutary warning whenever a politician or media pundit claims that 'History shows us this'. Because History actually shows us many different things, none of which are simple and straight forward.
Amounting to an engrossing and intensely-engaged meditation on the ways in which Britain and its multiple histories have given birth to a tide of highly varied patriotic currents, Bernard Porter's latest book is characteristically smart, keenly probing and briskly readable. Its lesson ? The full meaning of patriotism is not to be understood by simply relighting the lamps of a self-congratulatory national past.
An enjoyable retelling of Britain's 'island story' from a historian of Britain and its sense of itself. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the ways that history, and what it might mean to be British in the early 21st century, has been appropriated by the populist, nationalist right.
This is an intelligent, thoughtful and well-written book that will keep the reader engaged as it explores the complexities of the British past and its difficult relationship with contemporary politics and politicians. Porter's argument that dumbed-down history is part and parcel of dumbed-down politics should serve as a salutary warning whenever a politician or media pundit claims that 'History shows us this'. Because History actually shows us many different things, none of which are simple and straight forward.
Amounting to an engrossing and intensely-engaged meditation on the ways in which Britain and its multiple histories have given birth to a tide of highly varied patriotic currents, Bernard Porter's latest book is characteristically smart, keenly probing and briskly readable. Its lesson ? The full meaning of patriotism is not to be understood by simply relighting the lamps of a self-congratulatory national past.
An enjoyable retelling of Britain's 'island story' from a historian of Britain and its sense of itself. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the ways that history, and what it might mean to be British in the early 21st century, has been appropriated by the populist, nationalist right.