Political uses of the past

This book addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of past and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Palestinian historical narrative. Articles by François Hartog, Jacques Revel, Michael Herzfeld, Antonis Liakos, Drago Roksandic, Lucette Valensi, Giovanni Levi, Claudio Pavone, Elias Sanbar and Pedro Ruiz Torres.