Monumental Lies keyword-literary-fiction confirms exactly what it attempts

confirms exactly what it attempts to deny—that I returned a broken kettle to you

exploring its tortuous history from the Enlightenment to the present

and the activist groups who are working towards a clearer and more helpful understanding of contemporary issues

and powerful advocacy of the historian’s craft

the authors exposed the domination and violence that underpin the Enlightenment project

Monumental Lies keyword-literary-fiction confirms exactly what it attemptsHow the past is memorialized can have a dangerous influence on the future. Monumental Lies exposes the truths buried at contested heritage sites and demands that we safeguard the material evidence of history from both malign defenders and over enthusiastic erasure. Robert Bevan challenges us to rethink our relationship with our contested spaces, from colonial statues and the physical legacy of fascism, to fake post conflict reconstructions and ethno