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Understanding history

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Ar times of national crisis, such as war or periods of post-war readjustment, historians are likely to find themselves under pressure to sentimentalize the story of their country's development if necessary, with some disregard of the truth. The teaching of history can indeed be used for the training of loyal citizens if the story of one's country is truly one of which the pa- triot can be proud or if it can be so modified and ma- nipulated as to make it seem elevating. That, at least in part, explains why Napoleon Bonaparte preferred to suppress the moral sciences" in the Institute, why the Nazis claimed a predominant German influence in America for the good and a predominant Jewish in- fluence in Germany for the bad, and why the Stalinists have resurrected some significant Russian heroes. Dic- tators and the cruder variety of democratic politicians prefer to think of history not as a branch of knowledge with its own method for attaining verisimilitude but as a means toward achieving that brand of patriotism that can be based upon an uncritical examination of their country's history."

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Series Title

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Call Number

900 Got u

Publisher

Canada : Alfred A Knopf., 1950

Collation

xix, 298 pages

Language

English

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Classification

900

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Edition

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Subject(s)

HISTORY

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