Peter Novick
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Peter Novick is an American
historian
, best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life
. The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets.
He has been a fierce critic of Norman Finkelstein
, but has also received criticisms from Alan Dershowitz
.
, though it traces the concept of objectivity in history's origins back to 19th century Germany
and Leopold von Ranke
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life
The Holocaust in American Life
The Holocaust in American Life is a book by historian Peter Novick.His subject is not the Holocaust, but rather how it has been acknowledged, defined, and spread as an event which requires public remembrance...
. The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets.
He has been a fierce critic of Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University...
, but has also received criticisms from Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer, jurist, and political commentator. He has spent most of his career at Harvard Law School where in 1967, at the age of 28, he became the youngest full professor of law in its history...
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The Noble Dream
That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession questions the origins and prevalence of the notion of objectivity in current and 20th century history. It focuses on developments in university history departments within the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, though it traces the concept of objectivity in history's origins back to 19th century Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a German historian, considered one of the founders of modern source-based history. Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources , an emphasis on narrative history and especially international politics .-...
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