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What Is History? is a 1961 non-fiction book by historian E. H. Carr on historiography. It discusses history, facts, the bias of historians, science, morality, individuals and society, and moral judgements in history. The book originated in a series of lectures given by Carr in 1961 at the University of Cambridge.
Carr's early political outlook was anti-Marxist and liberal. [24] In his 1934 biography of Marx, Carr presented his subject as a highly intelligent man and a gifted writer, but one whose talents were devoted entirely to destruction. [25] Carr argued that Marx's sole and only motivation was a mindless class hatred. [25]
In Carr's view, no individual is truly free of the social environment in which they live, but contended that within those limitations, there was room, albeit very narrow room for people to make decisions that affect history. Carr emphatically contended that history was a social science, not an art, [113] because historians like scientists seek ...
Elton's work contrasts with the ideas of other historians such as E. H. Carr, whose views of the historical process Elton saw as being characterised by a dangerous relativism. Elton proposes that historical scholarship is akin to a form of craftsmanship, with young scholars needing to undertake an apprenticeship in order to learn the process ...
Nenarokov took the view that Carr had too narrowly reduced Soviet history after 1924 down to a choice of either Joseph Stalin or Leon Trotsky, arguing that Bukharin was a better, more humane alternative to both Stalin and Trotsky. [22] The pro-Soviet slant in Carr's The History of Soviet Russia attracted some controversy. [23]
The Twenty Years' Crisis: 1919–1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations is a book on international relations written by E. H. Carr. [1] The book was written in the 1930s shortly before the outbreak of World War II in Europe and the first edition was published in September 1939, shortly after the war's outbreak; [2] a second edition was published in 1946.
The book is a compilation of essays on Spanish history over the long-term, with contributions by Sebastian Balfour, Roger Collins, A. T. Fear, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Richard Fletcher, Richard Herr, Henry Kamen, and Angus Mackay (as well as Carr himself). Underlying themes unite much of the analysis in the book.
In Nationalism and After, Carr argues that nationalism was a byproduct of the rise of industrial capitalism and the accompanying changes in society and politics. [citation needed] In particular, he views the dissolution of the link between empire and church as an essential step towards the creation of the state.