History as MysteryCity Lights Publishers, 22. avg. 2016 - 304 strani In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional and class environment in which they work. Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to modern times, from the Inquisition and Joan of Arc to the anti-labor bias of present-day history books, History as Mystery demonstrates how past and present can inform each other and how history can be a truly exciting and engaging subject. "Michael Parenti, always provocative and eloquent, gives us a lively as well as valuable critique of orthodoxy posing as 'history.'"—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "Deserves to become an instant classic."—Bertell Ollman, author of Dialectical Investigations "Those who keep secret the past, and lie about it, condemn us to repeat it. Michael Parenti unveils the history of falsified history, from the early Christian church to the present: a fascinating, darkly revelatory tale."—Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers "Solid if surely controversial stuff."—Kirkus |
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... civilizations, and who think that little of note ever happened anywhere outside Europe—until the Europeans got there. Eurocentric history distorts the nonEuropean history it does offer, making all sorts of patronizing presumptions about ...
... civilizations, mysterious ancient monuments, and the like. Such explorations are serious and interesting undertakings, but they are beyond my present effort.15 Nor does this book attempt to debunk the more gossipy anecdotes of history ...
... civilizations that were in many respects further advanced and more humane than the Europe of 1492.17 Such a realization, in turn, invites us to rethink the many dubious claims made about the civilizing impact of European colonization ...
... civilization? What is wealth? How have large concentrations of capital been accumulated? Is there a causal relationship between wealth for the few and poverty for the many? § What role has government played in the formation of great ...
... Civilization courses to allow for a more diverse and less Eurocentric approach, cries of alarm arose from conservatives who accused radicals, feminists, “cultural elites,” and ethnic minorities of trying to politicize scholarly subjects ...