The Age of WonderHolmes, Richard
9780670066803
The Uses and Abuses of History
ISBN 10: 067006680X / 0-670-06680-X
ISBN 13: 9780670066803
Publisher: Penguin Group (Canada)
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN 13: 9780670066803
Publisher: Penguin Group (Canada)
Publication Date: 2008
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History is useful when it is used properly: to understand why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. It can offer examples to inform our decisions and guesses about the consequences of our actions. But we should be wary of looking to history for dogmatic lessons.We should distrust those who abuse history when they call on it to justify unreasonable claims to land, for example, or restitution. MacMillan illustrates how dangerous history can be in the hands of nationalistic or religious or ethnic leaders who use it to foster a sense of grievance and a desire for revenge.
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