عنوان

History, empathy and conflict :

(Number (ISBN

3319779591

(Number (ISBN

9783319779591

Erroneous ISBN

9783319779584

Title Proper

History, empathy and conflict :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

heroes, victims and victimisers /

First Statement of Responsibility

Philip Towle.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Pivot,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1: Introduction -- Part 1 Heroes to Victims -- 2: The Victimised -- 3: From Heroes to Victims -- 4: A Gratitude Free Zone -- Part 2 Responses -- 5: "Memory Wars" and National Apologies -- 6: Historical Education -- 7: Restitution -- Part 3 Force and Memory -- 8: From Heroes to Victimisers -- 9: Memory as Guidance -- 10: Hiding Victimisation -- 11: 2016: The Victory of Victimhood.

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This book argues that popular culture has been transformed in a silent revolution from emphasising history's heroes to its victims. While city squares and stations were named in the nineteenth century after military victories, now the equivalent airports are named after the victims of violence. Where war reports used to focus on the leadership of the generals and the bravery of the troops, now they are mostly about casualties, refugees and destruction. History, Empathy and Conflict examines the diplomatic consequences of such a revolution in sensibility. Many governments have responded by apologising for their country's historic actions. History teaching in schools has sometimes been revised to reflect the new emphasis and to build confidence between nations and respect for domestic minorities. Not least of the reasons for these changes is the difficulty or impossibility of making restitution for past wrongs. But history can also be used by the media and governments to justify intervention to protect victims of civil wars only to come to be seen as victimisers themselves. The past is always difficult to interpret but is the basis of all our decisions and all institutions try to twist it to their own convenience. Sympathy with history's victims is a great moral advance but it can be used by dissatisfied nations to justify their revisionist policies and with the election of President Trump in 2016, all the Great Powers claim to be history's victims.

International Standard Book Number

9783319779591

Heroes-- History.

History-- Philosophy.

Mass media and history.

Nuclear warfare and history.

Victims-- History.

War victims-- History.

Heroes.

HISTORY-- General.

History-- Philosophy.

Mass media and history.

Nuclear warfare and history.

Victims.

War victims.

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Towle, Philip,1945-

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20200823112753.0

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