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Historical Memories in Culture,
Politics and the Future
Historical Memories
in Culture, Politics
and the Future
The Making of History
and the World to Come
Rahman Haghighat
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Historical Memories in Culture,
Identity, Politics, Personality and Future 1
Chapter 1
A Historical Memory from Old England 7
Chapter 2
The Essence of Englishness 27
Chapter 3
The Workhouse of History 57
Chapter 4
Historical Memories of Tradition 85
Chapter 5
Truth, Discourse and Interpretation: Henry V 99
Chapter 6
Truth, Discourse and Interpretation: Joan of Arc 133
Chapter 7
The Psychology of Dictatorship 191
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Chapter 8
Healing the Wounds of History 219
Chapter 9
The Future of History 245
Bibliography 273
Index 277
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Peter Lang International Publishers who assumed
all financial responsibility for the publication of this book. The majority
of Peter Lang profits from the sale of this book will go to support children
and young people in need.
Thanks also go to Pearson Education for generously allowing me to
quote a passage from a copyrighted publication without charge. The con-
tribution of other quotes given here in the context of fair use is also thank-
fully acknowledged.
Special Gratitude is due to my copy editor, Anne Leonard MBE, for
her diligent work on the text; my commissioning editor, Alessandra Anzani
at Peter Lang, for her successful coordination of the editing stages; my
publisher, Lucy Melville, for her meticulousness and flexibility; and to
Dr Hilma Starostina of Wessex Deanery, Professor Roland Littlewood of
University College London and Professor Philip Schwyzer of the University
of Exeter for reviewing and recommending this book.
This book is dedicated to the memory of my sister, Mahine.
Rahman Haghighat
