发表于2024-11-22
The Past is a Foreign Country 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 历史 历史学 遗产 Lowenthal 社会学 文化研究 文化遗产保护 heritage
In this remarkably wide-ranging book Professor Lowenthal analyses the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. A heritage at once nurturing and burdensome, the past allows us to make sense of the present whilst imposing powerful constraints upon the way that present develops. Some aspects of the past are celebrated, others expunged, as each generation reshapes its legacy in line with current needs. Drawing on all the arts, the humanities and the social sciences, the author uses sources as diverse as science fiction and psychoanalysis to examine how rebellion against inherited tradition has given rise to the modern cult of preservation and pervasive nostalgia. Profusely illustrated, The Past is a Foreign Country shows that although the past has ceased to be a sanction for inherited power or privilege, as a focus of personal and national identity and as a bulwark against massive and distressing change it remains as potent a force as ever in human affairs.
The thickest book I've ever read thoroughly. Though mostly written from an Anglo-American perspective, it's still a highly inspiring book and it made me a historical nihilist. LOL
评分摘抄大王
评分拖拖拉拉终于读完了,史诗般的书,只可惜最后落在preservation上未眠有点局限了
评分经典之作,唇齿留香
评分不是很难读的经典之一,史料看太多 ,偶尔停下来读一下偏哲学类的理论很好很好
The Past is a Foreign Country 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书