What is History?A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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And if anyone cavils at the statement that it is not our business to pass moral
judgment on Hitler or Stalinor , if you like , on Senator McCarthy — this is
because they were the contemporaries of many of us , because hundreds of
thousands of ...
And if anyone cavils at the statement that it is not our business to pass moral
judgment on Hitler or Stalinor , if you like , on Senator McCarthy — this is
because they were the contemporaries of many of us , because hundreds of
thousands of ...
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Moreover , laudatory moral judgments on individuals can be just as misleading
and mischievous as the moral ... and rightly argues that the historian should pass
moral judgment on the institution , but not on the individuals who created it .
Moreover , laudatory moral judgments on individuals can be just as misleading
and mischievous as the moral ... and rightly argues that the historian should pass
moral judgment on the institution , but not on the individuals who created it .
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In other words , the criterion of judgment in history is not some “ principle claiming
universal validity , ” but “ that which works best . ” It is not only — I need hardly
say — when analysing the past that we invoke this criterion of " what works best .
In other words , the criterion of judgment in history is not some “ principle claiming
universal validity , ” but “ that which works best . ” It is not only — I need hardly
say — when analysing the past that we invoke this criterion of " what works best .
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THE HISTORIAN AND His Facts | 3 |
SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | What is History? A Borzoi book George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay lectures, 1961 Trevelyan lectures |
| Autor/in | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 5. Juni 2008 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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