| Popis: |
In one sense, we all rely on history every day in almost everything we do—because we employ knowledge of the near- , medium-, or long-term past to understand and decide our actions. History is memory, and memory is much of what makes us human. But there is a big difference between informally recalling what has happened and systematically studying and analyzing it. It is no coincidence that dictators devote a lot of effort to destroying (think of George Orwell’s novel 1984 or the Mao’s “Red Guard”) or completely rewriting the history of their dominions. |
