TY - GEN T1 - Revisions and dissents : essays A1 - Gottfried, Paul LA - English PP - Dekalb Illinois PB - Northern Illinois University Press YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1047580885 AB - Paul Gottfried's critical engagement with political correctness is well known. The essays in Revisions and Dissents focus on a range of topics in European intellectual and political history, social theory, and the history of modern political movements. With subjects as varied as Robert Nisbet, Whig history, the European Union election of 2014, and Donald Trump, the essays are tied together by their strenuous confrontation with historians and journalists whose claims about the past no longer receive critical scrutiny. According to Gottfried, successful writers on historical topics take advantage of political orthodoxy and/or widespread ignorance to present questionable platitudes as self-evident historical judgments. New research ceases to be of importance in determining accepted interpretations. What remains decisive, Gottfried maintains, is whether the favored view fits the political and emotional needs of what he calls "verbalizing elites." In this highly politicized age, Gottfried argues, it is necessary to re-examine these prevalent interpretations of the past. He does so in this engaging volume, which will appeal to general readers interested in political and intellectual history. OP - 174 NO - Includes index. CN - JC573 .G67 2017 SN - 9781609092177 SN - 1609092171 SN - 9781501757495 SN - 1501757490 SN - 9780875807621 KW - Conservatism. KW - Liberalism. KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Political science : Philosophy. KW - Free enterprise. KW - Conservatisme. KW - LibeĢralisme. KW - conservatism. KW - liberalism. KW - Free enterprise KW - Conservatism KW - Liberalism KW - Political science : Philosophy ER -