{"product_id":"what-is-history-for-9780415350983","title":"What is History For","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert A. Rosenstone''s study of Americans living in nineteenth-century Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Novick''s work on the Holocaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSven Lindgvist''s \u003cem\u003eA History of Bombing\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTzvetan Todorov''s recently published work on the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Humanities and Therapeutic Education 2. History for its Own Sake 3. Professed Purposes 4. Hidden Agendas 5. Life and Needs in Postmodernity 6. History in Postmodernity: Future Prospects 7. Histories for Postmodernity: Some Aspirations 8. Histories for Postmodernity: Some Examples \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402097533271,"sku":"9780415350983","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415350983.jpg?v=1730479403","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-history-for-9780415350983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}