Dimensions
129 x 198 x 20mm
Throughout history, humanity has defined itself by the mutually-exclusive and adversarial identities of nationhood, race or civilization; religion, gender or class. David Cannadine's provocative, masterly book shows why this is at best misleading and often wrong.
The Undivided Past argues that these categories of identity are artificial constructs, leading to damaging, often disastrous, over-simplifications of the human condition. Cannadine shows human history - and humanity's current prospects - in a new light, not as endless conflicts or 'clashes of civilizations', but as a more fluid, collaborative process. Our story, he reveals, is as much one of conversation and unity as it is of conflict and division.
