Historical truth and lies about the past

reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan

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Historical truth and lies about the past

reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan

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Language
English
Pages
162

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Table of Contents

Introduction : historical argument when the political chips are down
John Dewey, the "trial" of Leon Trotsky, and the search for historical truth
Versions of truth in the Dreyfus case
The debate over the wartime writings of Paul De Man : the language of setting the record straight
Ronald Reagan's Bitburg narrative.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-156) and index.

Published in
Chapel Hill

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
907/.2
Library of Congress
D13 .S645 1996, 95-47876 [D], D13 .S645 1996eb, D13.S645 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
162 p. ;
Number of pages
162

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL810989M
ISBN 10
0807822892, 0807845981
LCCN
95047876
OCLC/WorldCat
33818288
LibraryThing
192887
Goodreads
3774115
1319930

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2978891W

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