Historical Consciousness by John Lukacs
The Remembered Past
An argument that historical understanding is not a neutral accumulation of facts but a reflective, morally engaged consciousness shaping how societies remember and act; it examines how memory, tradition, and narrative create national character and continuity, critiques positivist and relativist approaches, and urges responsible, interpretive historians who recognize history’s role in forming present identity and future possibilities.
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