Our Shadowed Present : Modernism, Postmodernism and History - Softcover

Clark, J.C.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843541238 ISBN 13: 9781843541233

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2004

Synopsis

At a time of resurgent popular interest in history, Jonathan Clark's new book is a landmark defense of traditional values. He argues that our sense of tradition and community, and even our morality, is being destroyed. In a series of original and incisive chapters on, among other things, Anglo-American relations, the decline of the United Kingdom as a entity, and the absence of English nationalism, Clark argues for an alternative to an apparently liberal attitude to morality and politics and a dedication to the present, based instead upon a clear recognition of the value of the past. An important and timely book in which a distinguished historian attacks—vigorously, brilliantly, and elegantly—Britain's loss of tradition.

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From the Back Cover:

“Written in clear language, this book offers a seasoned historian’s effective response to postmodernism’s challenge to culture and history.”—CHOICE
“Historians, particularly of Britain and the United States, looking for an original perspective on postmodernism presented in jargon-free prose should find this worth reading.”—Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire

About the Author:

Jonathan Clark is Visiting Professor of History at Northumbria and Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas; he was formerly a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and All Souls College, Oxford, and Visiting Professor at the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. His works include The Dynamics of Change, English Society 1660-1832, The Language of Liberty 1660-1832, Revolution and Rebellion, and Samuel Johnson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843541238
• ISBN 13: 9781843541233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336