Nicholas Piercey (26 results)
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Seller: Blue Vase Books, Interlochen, MI, U.S.A.Blue Vase Books
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Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental material…s.
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Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Richard Evans wrote In Defence of History at a time when the historian's profession was coming under heavy attack as a result of the cultural turn taken by the discipline during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Historians were being forced to face up to postmodern thinking, which argued that, b…ecause all texts were the product of biased writers who had incomplete information, none could be privileged above others. In this reading, there could be no objective history, merely the study of the texts themselves. While In Defence of History addresses all aspects of historical method, its key focus is on an extensive evaluation of this postmodern thinking. Evans judges the acceptability of the reasoning advanced by the postmodernists and finds it badly wanting. He is strongly critical both of the relevance and of the adequacy of their arguments, seeking to show that, ultimately, they are guilty of failing to accept the logic of their own position. All texts are equally valid, or invalid, they suggest while insisting that the products of their own school are in fact more true than those of their opponents. Evans concludes by pointing out that this same argument could be advanced to suggest that the works of Holocaust deniers are just as valid as are those of historians who accept that the Nazis set out to commit genocide. So why, he demands, is no postmodernist willing to say as much? A devastating example of the usefulness of relentless evaluation. Postmodernist thinkers consider history to be not very far removed from a work of fiction, something dependent on historians' own interpretations of the past. Evans, however, argues that we can trust history and it is possible to be objective about what happened and what caused it to happen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
- Softcover
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- Softcover
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor wear to edges of wraps, a few bent page corners. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Softcover
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- Softcover
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- Softcover
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- Softcover
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- Softcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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- Softcover
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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- Softcover
Seller: Biblios, frankfurt am main, HESSE, GermanyBiblios
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- Softcover
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
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- Hardcover
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- Softcover
Seller: Literary Cat Books, Machynlleth, Powys, WALES, United KingdomLiterary Cat Books
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Original decorated wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Print on demand. With b/w & coloured illustrations. Light wear to spine, covers & corners. Spine uncreased.; Octavo; xviii, 221 pages.
- Hardcover
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- Hardcover
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- Hardcover
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- Hardcover
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- Hardcover
Seller: Biblios, frankfurt am main, HESSE, GermanyBiblios
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- Hardcover
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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- Softcover
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, AustraliaAussieBookSeller
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Richard Evans wrote In Defence of History at a time when the historian's profession was coming under heavy attack as a result of the cultural turn taken by the discipline during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Historians were being forced to face up to postmodern thinking, which argued that, b…ecause all texts were the product of biased writers who had incomplete information, none could be privileged above others. In this reading, there could be no objective history, merely the study of the texts themselves. While In Defence of History addresses all aspects of historical method, its key focus is on an extensive evaluation of this postmodern thinking. Evans judges the acceptability of the reasoning advanced by the postmodernists and finds it badly wanting. He is strongly critical both of the relevance and of the adequacy of their arguments, seeking to show that, ultimately, they are guilty of failing to accept the logic of their own position. All texts are equally valid, or invalid, they suggest while insisting that the products of their own school are in fact more true than those of their opponents. Evans concludes by pointing out that this same argument could be advanced to suggest that the works of Holocaust deniers are just as valid as are those of historians who accept that the Nazis set out to commit genocide. So why, he demands, is no postmodernist willing to say as much? A devastating example of the usefulness of relentless evaluation. Postmodernist thinkers consider history to be not very far removed from a work of fiction, something dependent on historians' own interpretations of the past. Evans, however, argues that we can trust history and it is possible to be objective about what happened and what caused it to happen. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
- Softcover
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- Hardcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germanymoluna
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- Softcover
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Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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