In Defence of History“A lucid, muscular, and often sly reflection” on the worth and purpose of historical scholarship by the award-winning author of The Third Reich Trilogy (Kirkus). In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. Taking us into the historians’ workshop, he offers a firsthand look at how good history gets written. In staunch opposition to the wilder claims of postmodern historians, Evans thoroughly dismantles the notion that a realistic grasp of history is impossible to attain. He then goes on to explain the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives. In the tradition of E.H. Carr’s What Is History? and G.R. Elton’s The Practice of History, Evans’ In Defense of History delivers “a model of lucid and intelligent historiographical analysis” (The Guardian, UK). |
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... History 6 Society and the Individual 7 Knowledge and Power 8 Objectivity and its Limits Afterword Notes Further Reading Index About the Author Also by Richard J. Evans Copyright INTRODUCTION I This book is about how we study history,
... History 6 Society and the Individual 7 Knowledge and Power 8 Objectivity and its Limits Afterword Notes Further Reading Index About the Author Also by Richard J. Evans Copyright INTRODUCTION I This book is about how we study history,
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... individuals ' who still thought history was an art . If history was merely a ' chronicle of bare facts arranged on scientific principles ' , then ' literature , emotion and speculative thought ' would be ' banished ' from the human ...
... individuals ' who still thought history was an art . If history was merely a ' chronicle of bare facts arranged on scientific principles ' , then ' literature , emotion and speculative thought ' would be ' banished ' from the human ...
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... individual in the past to subject his character to psychoanalysis . However , he did think , as a result of his Freudian views , that what drove people to do the things they did were essentially personal motives and forces rather than ...
... individual in the past to subject his character to psychoanalysis . However , he did think , as a result of his Freudian views , that what drove people to do the things they did were essentially personal motives and forces rather than ...
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... individuals through patronage and kinship networks for power , money and influence . Seen from this perspective , what led to the political crisis was the disruption to these networks caused by the accession of a new King , not any ...
... individuals through patronage and kinship networks for power , money and influence . Seen from this perspective , what led to the political crisis was the disruption to these networks caused by the accession of a new King , not any ...
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... individual self-interest.33 In the hands of his pupils and emulators, and indeed eventually in his own, his method degenerated into mindless prosopography, ending up with a series of narrow and arid studies of eighteenth-century ...
... individual self-interest.33 In the hands of his pupils and emulators, and indeed eventually in his own, his method degenerated into mindless prosopography, ending up with a series of narrow and arid studies of eighteenth-century ...
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Society and the Individual | |
Objectivity and its Limits | |
Afterword | |
Further Reading | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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