Our understanding of the past shapes our sense of the present and
the future: this is historical consciousness. While academic
history, public history, and the study of collective memory are
thriving enterprises, there has been only sparse investigation of
historical consciousness itself, in a way that relates it to the
policy questions it raises in the present. With "Theorizing
Historical Consciousness," Peter Seixas has brought together a
diverse group of international scholars to address the problem of
historical consciousness from the disciplinary perspectives of
history, historiography, philosophy, collective memory, psychology,
and history education.
Historical consciousness has serious implications for
international relations, reparations claims, fiscal initiatives,
immigration, and indeed, almost every contentious arena of public
policy, collective identity, and personal experience. Current
policy debates are laced with mutually incompatible historical
analogies, and identity politics generate conflicting historical
accounts. Never has the idea of a straightforward 'one history that
fits all' been less workable. "Theorizing Historical Consciousness"
sets various theoretical approaches to the study of historical
consciousness side-by-side, enabling us to chart the future study
of how people understand the past.
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