A huge success in hardcover, The Killing of History argues that 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 theorizing 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. In The Killing of History, Windschuttle offers a devastating expose 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.
Author: Keith Windschuttle
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 02/01/2000
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.63w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9781893554122
Language: English
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