| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 270 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Daniel Singer -- 1. A Note in Memory of Isaac Deutscher, Historian and Socialist Intellectual (1907-1967) -- 2. Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History? The 1994 Deutscher Memorial Lecture -- 3. The Revolutionary Overthrow of Socialism? -- 4. The Age of Revolution Past and Present: A Note on Democracy and Capitalism in the Spring of 1989 -- 5. The End of History?... Not! -- 6. Photography and Historical Consciousness: Nicaragua, 1978-1979 -- 7. The Nobel Prize, the Memory Prize, and the Twentieth Century -- 8. The Making of American Memory? -- 9. Ideas Do Have Consequences: A Note on Rush, Newt, and the Culture Wars -- 10. All That Is Solid Melts into Air ... or Baseball and Capitalism, the View from Left Field -- 11. From Bases to Superstructures: The Great Transformation of Baseball -- 12. Should the Fact That We Live in a Democratic Society Make a Difference in What Our Schools Are Like? -- 13. A Radical Theology for Democratic Education. |
| Summary |
In "Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History?" and Other Questions, Harvey Kaye shows how our present-day political and economic elites stand in a long line of governing classes that have been eager to declare an end to the making of history. Invoking the hard-fought-for accomplishments of America's past and the persistent possibilities of its future, he calls upon his fellow citizens, especially intellectuals of the Left, to redeem the "prophetic memory" of American experience and renew the struggle for liberty, equality, and democracy. Through essays that range in tone and content from the rhetorical power of a public address to the intimacy of a personal memoir, Harvey Kaye looks at the value of knowledge and the power of history to liberate. |
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Not content to accept the notion that history is at an end and that individuals are powerless to effect change, Kaye makes an impassioned plea to understand the ongoing, circuitous route of history and its ability to engender social action at a time when society seems to have lost track of the true lessons that history can teach. |
| Subject |
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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History -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Education -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Democracy -- United States.
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Radicalism -- United States.
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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
0312126913 |
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9780312126919 |
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