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With kind permission of Melbourne University Press
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Author: Tony Taylor
Publication year: 2008
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing (MUP)
Abstract:
Denial: History Betrayed investigates that baffling spectacle known as historical denial. Tony Taylor finds out what makes these deniers tick and delves into the pathology of deniers to prove that while each denial-provoking case may vary in character, the nature of historical denial itself remains relatively consistent.
Denial analyses six fascinating case studies in denialism, starting with Turkey and the Armenian question and ending with an Australian version of denial. It shows how historical denial aims to obliterate authentic accounts of the past to distract us from genuine historical understanding. In doing so, it betrays the people who inhabited the past, the work of genuine historians and the audience of history.
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