The birth of histories from the spirit of mourning

Paul Connerton

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511984518.002

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Why do we produce histories?

The answer frequently given in reply to that question is that histories seek to legitimate a present order of political and social power. That answer has usually taken one of two possible forms. The first form might be called the affirmative version, while the second form might be called the critical version, of the legitimation thesis.

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Information: The Spirit of Mourning
History, Memory and the Body
, pp. 1 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984518.002 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2011

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