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Lessons of History

Learning from Catastrophe and Crisis in Twentieth-Century Europe

Author: Klas-Göran Karlsson and Maria Karlsson  

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Focusing on how cataclysmic events within primarily Central and Eastern Europe have been transmitted across borders and generations, this volume interrogates how the theory of historical lessons has evolved, ultimately providing a useful framework for comprehending contemporary conflicts and issues.

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Focusing on how cataclysmic events within primarily Central and Eastern Europe have been transmitted across borders and generations, this volume interrogates how the theory of historical lessons has evolved, ultimately providing a useful framework for comprehending contemporary conflicts and issues.

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Historical lessons are useful or even necessary for our guidance and orientation in time. These lessons, however, have often been overlooked in historical reflections on watershed moments, such as genocides, treaties, and global movements. Focusing on how cataclysmic events, primarily within Central and Eastern Europe, have been transmitted across borders and generations, this volume interrogates how the theory of historical lessons has evolved, ultimately providing a useful framework for understanding contemporary conflicts and issues. Spanning topics from the mediation of history within film to the influence of historical oppression on student activism, this volume re-evaluates historiography’s potential for analyzing the past and engaging with the present.

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Critic Reviews

“This book updates a classical theme around the pedagogic uses of historical research covering its moral, legal, political, and cultural effects. It does so through a collection of well-argued papers that cover, from complementary angles, the rationale, the conditions, and the effects of the practice of history other than those confined to historical research.” • José María Rosales, University of Málaga

“This is an interesting and timely book that addresses a key set of questions. Do we learn from history? If so, what kind of lessons have been learnt or, potentially, can be learnt? The book has a good balance of theoretical and empirical reflection on the questions it poses… All the contributions have something interesting to say..” • Bill Niven, Nottingham Trent University

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About the Author

Klas-Göran Karlsson is Professor of History at Lund University. Throughout his career, he has led large research projects, including the on-going project Lessons of Communist and Nazi History: A Genealogical Approach and, from 2001-2008, The Holocaust and European Historical Cultures. A specialist in Russian and Soviet history, genocide history, and the uses of history in Europe, his recent publications include; Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism (co-editor, Lexington 2015) and Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events (Academic Studies Press, 2024).

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Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Published
1st July 2025
Pages
272
ISBN
9781836950172

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