Political Uses Of The Past: The Recent Mediterranean Experiences (mediterranean Historical Review)

First published in 2002 by Frank Cass Publishers 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 Palestine historical narrative. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 8 Historians and the Present Conjuncture 10 Towards an Ethnographic Phenomenology of the Greek Spirit 22 The Construction of National Time: The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination 36 Shifting Boundaries, Clientalism and Balkan Identities 52 Notes on Two Discordant Histories: Armenia during World War I 58 The Distant Past: On the Political Use of History 70 The Two Levels of Public Use of the Past 83 Out of Place, Out of Time 96 Political Uses of History in Spain 104 Abstracts 126 List of Contributors 129 Index 131 The Recent Mediterranean Experiences "This book 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 Palestinian historical narrative."--Jacket

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.