
The Politics of Historical Interpretation
Reflections on Ideology and the Perplexities of Political Myth)
Jeffrey Andrew Barash(Author)
De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. August 2025
Book
Hardback
X, 320 pages
978-3-11-161098-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on political presuppositions animating modern historical reflection in Germany that underwent sharp radicalization in the post-World War I context of the Weimar Republic. It is in this context that a novel polemical use of political concepts, nourished by radical forms of reflection on the historical character of human existence, brought to the fore interpretations of collective mentalities or group perspectives that crystallized in specific conceptions of "ideology" and of "political myth". By centering analysis on the insight of a variety of twentieth-century thinkers whose works are of central importance for the elucidation of this topic, the author examines different interpretations of the role of reflection on human historicity in the elaboration of this novel polemical use of political concepts. Beyond an historical inquiry into this topic, this work aims to provide a theoretical investigation to elucidate the complex range of significations of the concepts of "ideology" and of "political myth", the province of each of these concepts in the delineation of group perspectives, and the problematic legacy that the polemical use of these concepts has bequeathed to the contemporary world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/München/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-161098-6 (9783111610986)
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Jeffrey Andrew Barash
The Politics of Historical Interpretation
Reflections on Ideology and the Perplexities of Political Myth)
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1st Edition
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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Jeffrey Andrew Barash
The Politics of Historical Interpretation
Reflections on Ideology and the Perplexities of Political Myth)
E-Book
08/2025
1st Edition
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
€109.95
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Person
Jeffrey Andrew Barash
, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.