捍卫历史

这不是一本让人心平气和的史学概论。它带着火气而来：面对后现代主义将一切历史降格为「文本」与「话语」、乃至否认大屠杀的极端论调，作者以「捍卫」为旗帜正面应战。打动读者的，恰是这种不妥协的姿态——在尽受思潮洗礼之后，既不退回天真的实证主义，也不向虚无缴械，而是主张：只要史家足够审慎，客观的历史知识仍可被获得。书中对「证据」与「事实」的辨析尤为锋利：一条描述人物体貌的记录，何以不能直接推出「他是昏庸的总统」，作者层层拆解，让人看见所谓「事实」往往只是「暂定的」。它适合那些被后现代论说搅得困惑、又拒绝就此放弃真相的读者；若指望系统梳理后现代各流派，则需另寻补。

理查德-艾文斯(Richard J．Evans)，当代杰出的历史学家，剑桥大学近现代史钦定讲座教授。著作等身，曾获多种奖项与奖励。在迄今为止他出版的近二十本著作中，影响最大的书当属Deathin Hamburg：SocietyandPolitics the Choler a Yearsl830-1910(Oxford，1987)，InHitler's Shadow：WestGermanHistorians andtheAttempttoEscapefrom the NaziPast(New York，1989)，Rituals ofRetribution(Oxford，1996)，Talesfrom the German Underworld(New Haven and London，1998)，The ThirdReich in Powerl933-1939(London and NewYork，2005)等。 著作详细目录 The Feminist Movement In Germany, 1894–1933, London: Sage Publications, 1976. "German Women and the Triumph of Hitler," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 48, No. 1, March 1976 The Feminists: Women's Emancipation Movements in Europe, America and Australasia, 1840–1920, London: C. Helm, 1977. Society And Politics In Wilhelmine Germany edited by R. J. Evans, London: Croom Helm, 1980, 1978. Review article: "The History of European Women: A Critical Survey of Recent Research," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 52, No. 4, December 1980 The German Family: Essays on the Social History of The Family in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Germany, London: C. Helm ; Totowa, N. J.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1981. The German Working Class, 1888–1933: The Politics Of Everyday Life, London: Croom Helm ; Totowa, N. J.: Barnes & Noble, 1982. The German Peasantry: Conflict And Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries edited by Richard J. Evans and W. R. Lee, London: Croom Helm, 1986. The German Unemployed: Experiences And Consequences Of Mass Unemployment From The Weimar Republic To The Third Reich, London: C. Helm, 1987. Rethinking German History: Nineteenth-Century Germany And The Origins Of The Third Reich, London: Allen and Unwin, 1987. Comrades And Sisters: Feminism, Socialism, And Pacifism In Europe, 1870–1945, Brighton, Sussex: Wheatsheaf Books; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. "The New Nationalism and the Old History: Perspectives on the West German Historikerstreit," The Journal of Modern History, Volume 59, No. 4, December 1987, pages 761–97 Death In Hamburg: Society And Politics In The Cholera Years, 1830–1910 Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. The German Underworld: Deviants And Outcasts In German history, London: Routledge, 1988. In Hitler's Shadow: West German Historians And The Attempt To Escape From The Nazi Past, London: I. B. Tauris, 1989, ISBN 1-85043-146-9. Proletarians And Politics: Socialism, Protest, And The Working Class In Germany Before The First World War, New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990. The German Bourgeoisie: Essays On The Social History Of The German Middle Class From The Late Eighteenth To The Early Twentieth Century London: Routledge, 1991. Rituals Of Retribution: Capital Punishment In Germany 1600–1987, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Rereading German History: From Unification To Reunification, 1800–1996, London; New York: Routledge, 1997. Tales From The German Underworld: Crime And Punishment In The Nineteenth Century, New Haven [Conn.]; London: Yale University Press, 1998. In Defense of History, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1999. Lying About Hitler: History, Holocaust, And The David Irving Trial, New York: Basic Books, 2001; published in the United Kingdom as Telling Lies About Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial, Verso Books, 2002. The Coming Of The Third Reich, London: Allen Lane, 2003. The Third Reich In Power, 1933–1939, New York: Penguin, 2005. The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster , London: Allen Lane, 2008. Cosmopolitan Islanders: British Historians and The European Continent, Cambridge University Press, 2009