Responsible History /

Responsible History / / Antoon De Baets.

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“I can warmly recommend Responsible History to any concerned historian in need of a reliable compass for responsible conduct. I endorse Voltaire’s words "ed in this book: ‘Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.’ Responsible conduct is necessary because irres...

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VerfasserIn:
Baets, Antoon De,
MitwirkendeR:
Kocka, Jürgen,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
©2009
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (292 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Tables
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART I IRRESPONSIBLE HISTORY
  • 1. A Theory of the Abuse of History
  • 2. The Dictator’s Secret Archives
  • 3. Defamation Cases against Historians
  • PART II RESPONSIBLE HISTORY
  • 4. Duties of the Living to the Dead
  • 5. The Rights to Memory and History
  • 6. A Code of Ethics for Historians
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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