Historical Truth and Lies about the Past: Reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan
Historians have long struggled with the questions of historical relativism, objectivity, and standards of proof and evidence. Intellectual historian Alan Spitzer focuses on the contradiction between theory and practice by presenting case studies of four politically charged debates about the past: the response to the report of the commission chaired by John Dewey that evaluated the accusations made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Purge Trials of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807845981
ISBN13:9780807845981
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:174 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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The Importance of the Truth
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Democracy cannot survive without the support of an informed public, which is why dictators seek to control the media from day one. Nothing can be more timely now than the search for the truth. This important book, which is used as a college text, should be read by the general public.
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