Abstract
Table of Contents
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1: Humanities and Therapeutic Education 2: History for its Own Sake Introduction The Holy Grail of Truth 'For its Own Sake' Straw Men? Conclusion 3: Professed Purposes Introduction Transferable Skills 'Cultivation' Myth Breaking Theological Confirmations and Questionings Obligations to the Dead Conclusion 4: Hidden Agendas Introduction Political Puppetry: The case of Germany Justifying the Status Quo Discipline and Power Gender in History Conclusion 5: Life and Needs in Postmodernity Introduction Postmodernity Centres and Certainties Order Direction Problems of Identity: Selfhood and others Conclusion 6: History in Postmodernity: Future Prospects Introduction Closure and Openness Self, Narrativity and Meaning: Personal and national identities Historic Moments and Empowerment: Making choices Colonising the Future: Towards a better world Conclusion 7: Histories for Postmodernity: Some aspirations Introduction Realism, Pessimism, Hope History and Myth Again The Labyrinth of Language Transferable Qualities Conclusion 8: Histories for Postmodernity: Some examples Robert A Rosenstone and Japan Peter Novick and the Holocaust Sven Lindqvist and Bombing Tzvetan Todorov and Hope Afterword Further Reading Bibliography Index
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1: Humanities and Therapeutic Education 2: History for its Own Sake Introduction The Holy Grail of Truth 'For its Own Sake' Straw Men? Conclusion 3: Professed Purposes Introduction Transferable Skills 'Cultivation' Myth Breaking Theological Confirmations and Questionings Obligations to the Dead Conclusion 4: Hidden Agendas Introduction Political Puppetry: The case of Germany Justifying the Status Quo Discipline and Power Gender in History Conclusion 5: Life and Needs in Postmodernity Introduction Postmodernity Centres and Certainties Order Direction Problems of Identity: Selfhood and others Conclusion 6: History in Postmodernity: Future Prospects Introduction Closure and Openness Self, Narrativity and Meaning: Personal and national identities Historic Moments and Empowerment: Making choices Colonising the Future: Towards a better world Conclusion 7: Histories for Postmodernity: Some aspirations Introduction Realism, Pessimism, Hope History and Myth Again The Labyrinth of Language Transferable Qualities Conclusion 8: Histories for Postmodernity: Some examples Robert A Rosenstone and Japan Peter Novick and the Holocaust Sven Lindqvist and Bombing Tzvetan Todorov and Hope Afterword Further Reading Bibliography Index