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The Killing of History

How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past
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The Killing of History by Keith Windschuttle examines the influence of postmodernism and academic revisionism on the study of history. The author critiques how contemporary historians approach historical narratives and explores the impact of changing methodologies on the understanding of past events. This provocative analysis offers insights into the debates surrounding historical truth and interpretation.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in the debates surrounding historical interpretation and the impact of postmodernism on understanding history. It offers a critique of contemporary historical analysis, encouraging readers to consider the importance of objectivity and traditional historiographical methods.

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Offers an expose of attempts to substitute radically chic theorizing for real knowledge about the past. This book presents a series of case histories that demonstrate how radical theory has attempted to replace the learning of traditional history with its own political agenda.

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According to Keith Windschuttle, history today is in the clutches of literary and social theorists who have little respect for or training in the discipline. He believes that they deny the existence of truth and substitute radically chic theorising for real knowledge about the past.

The result is revolutionary and unprecedented: contemporary historians are increasingly obscuring the facts on which truth about the past is built. Windschuttle offers a devastating exposรฉ of these developments.

This fascinating narrative leads us into a series of case histories that demonstrate how radical theory has attempted to replace the learning of traditional history with its own political agenda.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781893554122

Publisher: Encounter Books,USA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 2000

Country: United States

Imprint: Encounter Books,USA

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 459g

Pages: 298

About the Author

Keith Windschuttle

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