{"product_id":"9780099593430-when-the-facts-change","title":"When the Facts Change","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssays 1995 - 2010\u003cbr\u003eThe author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual elan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA great thinker's final testament: a characteristically wise and forthright collection of essays from the author of\u003ci\u003e Postwar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking the Twentieth Century \u003c\/i\u003e that feels all the more potent and important in today’s political climate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited and introduced by Jennifer Homans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTony Judt’s widow and fellow historian, Jennifer Homans, has gathered together important essays from the span of Judt’s career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the remarkable consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual élan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether the subject is the scholarly poverty of the new social history, the willful blindness of French collective memory about what happened to the country’s Jews during World War II, or the moral challenge to Israel of the so-called Palestinian problem, the majesty of Tony Judt’s work lies in his combination of unsparing honesty, intellectual brilliance, and ethical clarity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Facts Change\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies\u003cb\u003e the necessity of minding our history and not letting cheerful fictions suffice in its place.\u003c\/b\u003e  An emphatic demonstration of the power of a great historian to connect us more deeply to the world as it was, as it is, and as it should be, it is a fitting capstone to an extraordinary body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942989082721,"sku":"9780099593430","price":12.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32224227.jpg?v=1737351701","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099593430-when-the-facts-change","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}