历史是什么？（爱德华·霍列特·卡尔） What Is History?

基本信息

Format:Paperback 209 pages

Publisher:Random House USA Inc

Imprint:Random House USA Books

ISBN:9780394703916

Published:12 Oct 1967

Weight:159g

Dimensions:184 x 110 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

谁能说事情的真相是怎样的呢？在对“什么是历史？”这个问题提出现代答案时，卡尔教授表明，历史的“事实”只是历史学家选择进行研究的那些事实。数百万人已经渡过卢比孔河，但历史学家告诉我们，只有凯撒的渡河具有重要意义。所有的历史事实都是历史学家受其时代标准影响而做出解释的结果。然而，如果客观是不可能的，历史学家的作用绝不会受到影响；历史也不会失去它的魅力。

卡尔以清晰的笔触阐明了历史学家的正确职能以及历史在现代社会中至关重要的重要性。

“这是一本令人钦佩的、令人振奋和无畏的书，大胆地进入了一个至关重要的领域，而大多数当代哲学家和历史学家莫名其妙地要么害怕，要么不屑于涉足这个领域。”——以赛亚·柏林，《新政治家》

Who is to say how things really were? In formulating a modern answer to the question 'What is History?' Professor Carr shows that the 'facts' of history are simply those which historians have selected for scrutiny. Millions have crossed the Rubicon, but the historians tell us that only Caesar's crossing was significant. All historical facts come to us as a result of interpretative choices by historians influenced by the standards of their age. Yet if absolute objectivity is impossible, the role of the historian need in no way suffer; nor does history lose its fascination. 

With lucidity, Carr casts a light on the proper function of the historian and the vital importance of history in modern society.

“This is an admirably stimulating and intrepid book, a bold excursion into a region of central importance where most contemporary philosophers and historians, unaccountably, either fear or disdain to tread.”—Isaiah Berlin, New Statesman

作者简介

爱德华·哈利特·卡尔是一位英国外交官、历史学家、作家、记者和国际关系理论家。他反对史学中的经验主义。他以十四卷本的苏联历史和对传统历史方法和实践的拒绝而闻名。他于 1982 年去世，享年 90 岁。

Edward Hallett Carr was an English historian, writer, journalist, and international relations theorist. He opposed empiricism within historiography. He was best known for his fourteen-volume history of the Soviet Union and his rejection of traditional historical methods and practices. He died in 1982 at the age of ninety.