Gildea, Robert
What Is History For? (What Is It For?)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781529230512
- author:
- Gildea, Robert
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bristol University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 182
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Robert Gildea argues that history is a battlefield, with questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always having an ancient and modern historical dimension. This has significant implications for how we understand and interpret the past.
Gildea suggests that good history must be critical, learning from the past and righting wrongs, rather than divisive or myth-making. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, among other developments.
In this book, Gildea makes a case for how understanding what good history entails can help to ensure that history triumphs over myth. He debunks the idea that 'you cannot rewrite history', arguing instead that good history must be reworked time and again to reflect its times.
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