{"product_id":"what-is-history-for-paperback-2","title":"What Is History For? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeverley Southgate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn experienced author of history and theory presents this examination of the purpose of history at a time when recent debates have rendered the question 'what is history for?' of utmost importance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharting the development of historical studies and examining how history has been used, this study is exceptional in its focus on the future of the subject as well as its past. It is argued that history in the twenty-first century must adopt a radical and morally therapeutic role instead of studying for 'its own sake'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding examples of his vision of 'history in post-modernity', Beverley Southgate focuses on the work of four major historians, including up-to-date publications: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert A. Rosenstone's study of Americans living in nineteenth-century Japan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeter Novick's work on the Holocaust\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSven Lindgvist's \u003cem\u003eA History of Bombing\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTzvetan Todorov's recently published work on the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis makes compulsive reading for all students of history, cultural studies and the general reader, as notions of historical truth and the reality of the past are questioned, and it becomes vital to rethink history's function and renegotiate its uses for the postmodern age. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.62 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47391882739961,"sku":"9780415350990","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wSOY8d5Fly9780415350990.webp?v=1770232339","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-is-history-for-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}