by Margaret MacMillan · Editorial Ariel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434417359
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In 'The Uses and Abuses of History', Margaret MacMillan explores how history is used and manipulated to justify actions such as massacres, wars, or the power of tyrants. She examines how history is replaced with legends to fuel collective narcissism and how a past lacking examples or glories is ennobled. MacMillan invites us to reflect on how we use history to understand ourselves and others, offering an often pessimistic view of the human attitude towards truth.
Margaret Olwen MacMillan is a Canadian historian and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College, Toronto, and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryerson University. MacMillan is an expert on the history of international relations.
