Crimes against History

Name: Crimes against History
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Crimes against HistoryAuthor(s): Antoon De Baets\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138574229, 978-1138574229\nSynopsis\nCrimes against History takes a global approach to the extreme forms of censorship to which history and historians have been subjected through the ages.\n\nThe book opens by considering the varieties of censorship, from suppression, dismissal, and defamation to persecution and murder. Part I, \""Kill switch,\"" tells the tragic story of how the censorship of history has sometimes turned into deadly crimes against history, with chapters looking at topics such as historians and archivists being killed for political reasons, attacks by political leaders on historians, iconoclastic breaks with the past, and fake news. Part II, \""Fragile freedom,\"" reverses the perspective and examines how the censorship of history has backfired. Chapters consider the subversive power of historical analogies and resista.