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At a time when the problems of the past have come to haunt many societies, the question of the social responsibility of the scientist and scholar, and of the historian in particular, has also once again become a topical one. In this volume seven internationally known historians consider this important question.
DIOGENES LIBRARY
François Bédarida (1926-2001) was Directeur de recherche, C.N.R.S., Paris. He was a founder and first director of the Institut d'histoire du temps présent, from 1978 to 1990, and between 1990 and 2000, held the post of General Secretary of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS/CIHS).
Chapter 1. Historical Practice and Responsibility
F. Bédarida
Chapter 2. History and Rhetoric
P. Ricoeur
Chapter 3. Science and the Responsibility of the Historian
C. Meier
Chapter 4. The Social Function of History
E. Florescano
Chapter 5. The Historian between the Quest for Universality and the Quest for Identity
E. J. Hobsbawm
Chapter 6. The Double Responsibility of the Historian
A. J. Gourévitch
Chapter 7. History and Public Usage of History
N. Gallerano
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index