Disputes framed as being about the past really argue about the present
Evidence
In all the countries here concerned debate apparently bears on the past. But in reality, to the extent to which it bears on the present form of the past, it relates equally to debate about the present and the future. In France, deliberation about the Algerian War and repatriate memory is more generally part of the fundamental debate about the place of the colonial past in French history and identity. — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 1306
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Disputes within modern states are really wars over civility; Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 23; Neoliberal rhetoric slurs the past into the present to keep old enemies alive — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1816 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Disputes within modern states are really wars over civility
#exemplifies(0.80) - Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past
#exemplifies(0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 23 - Neoliberal rhetoric slurs the past into the present to keep old enemies alive
#exemplifies(0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1816