Mythical Pasts, Elusive Futures
History and Society in an Anxious Age
Frank Furedi examines the sources of controversy that have arisen around the question of history in Germany, Japan, Britain and the USA.
Frank Furedi is Reader in Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He has written widely on history, sociology and politics and is the author of The Silent War: Imperialism and the Changing Perception of Race, The New Ideology of Imperialism: Renewing the Moral Imperative and Mythical Past and Elusive Future: History and Society in an Anxious Age, all published by Pluto Press.
'Impressive ... Furedi's work demonstrates the real vitality of the Marxist method. For that reason alone, it should be read and discussed by all who are genuinely concerned with social change' - Green Left
Published by Pluto Press in Nov 1991
Paperback ISBN: 9780745305318
135mm x 215mm