
Volatile Substance
The Pressure of the Past in Ireland and Australia
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Published on 30. September 2011
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-7165-3144-9 (ISBN)
Description
History is constantly evoked to justify present political positions or to understand and interpret current events. But this is never a simple matter. This book contributes to the recurring public debate about the intrusions of past trauma, conflict, and discord into the controversies of the present. Exhuming Passions is an interdisciplinary collection of writings by highly esteemed Australian and Irish scholars about the different ways in which the past is remembered and contested in Ireland and Australia. The book deals with highly topical issues, such as the ways in which war is remembered and commemorated; governmental apologies for harms done by previous generations or governments; film and literature constructs of the past; and, not least, the responsibility of scholars for recording and interpreting truths about the past.
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Language
English
Place of publication
County Dublin
Ireland
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
667 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7165-3144-9 (9780716531449)
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