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Autore: Baets Antoon de <1955-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Responsible history / / Antoon De Baets Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
Disciplina: 174/.99
Soggetto topico: History - Moral and ethical aspects
Historians - Professional ethics
Classificazione: 15.01
15.02
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Title page-Respensible History; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I-Irresponsible History; Chapter 1-A Theory of the Abuse of History; Chapter 2-The Dictator's Secret Archives; Chapter 3-Defamation Cases against Historians; Part II-Responsible History; Chapter 4-Duties of the Living to the Dead; Chapter 5-The Rights to Memory and History; Chapter 6-A Code of Ethics for Historians; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The abuse of history is common and quite possibly once more on the rise. Although this is well documented, there is no general theory that enables historians to identify, prove, explain, and evaluate the many types of abuse of history. In this book, the author, founder of the Network of Concerned Historians, presents such a theory. Reflecting on the responsible use of history, the author identifies the duties that the living has toward the dead and analyzes the rights to memory and history necessary to fulfill these duties. He concludes his powerful argument by proposing a code of ethics as a
Titolo autorizzato: Responsible history  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-62741-4
9786612627415
1-84545-878-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811422403321
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