Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

S.バーガー著　歴史とアイデンティティ
Berger, Stefan, History and Identity: How Historical Theory Shapes Historical Practice. 270 pp. 2021:11 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <664-4311>
ISBN 978-1-107-01140-3 hard ¥22,788.- (税込) GB￡ 79.99 *
ISBN 978-1-107-64884-5 paper ¥7,973.- (税込) GB￡ 27.99 *

This introduction to contemporary historical theory and practice shows how issues of identity have shaped how we write history. Stefan Berger charts how a new self-reflexivity about what is involved in the process of writing history entered the historical profession and the part that historians have played in debates about the past and its meaningfulness for the present. He introduces key trends in the theory of history such as postmodernism, poststructuralism, constructivism, narrativism and the linguistic turn and reveals, in turn, the ways in which they have transformed how historians have written history over the last four decades. The book ranges widely from more traditional forms of history writing, such as political, social, economic, labour and cultural history, to the emergence of more recent fields, including gender history, historical anthropology, the history of memory, visual history, the history of material culture, and comparative, transnational and global history.

Gil, Tiago Luis, How to Make a Database in Historical Studies. (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology) 93 pp. 2021:7 (Springer, GW) <664-4312>
ISBN 978-3-030-78240-5 paper ¥16,474.- (税込) EUR 69.99

This book is a greatly supplemented translation from Portuguese, originally published in 2015. It discusses the most appropriate ways to create databases for research on history and other humanities, including an extensive debate about the usages that historians have made of computing since the 1950s. It has four chapters: the first is dedicated to theoretical and methodical questions about the usage of databases in history; the second is about technical issues; the third presents the concept of research engineering (how to improve research in groups); the last is about the construction of databases. The author states that the use of technology in research in history and humanities should be preceded and mediated by theories and methods which deal with these disciplines and not by technical issues. The historian must know how to think "correctly" in order to use the technological tools in an autonomous way. The book provides a background, demonstrating how theory, methodology, and technique are always articulated in historical research, and will appeal to history students and researchers.

Krzoska, Markus / Lichy, Kolja / Rometsch, K. (Hrsg.), Wende, Wandel, Weitermachen?: Nachfragen zur Geschichtswissenschaft der 1990er Jahre in Deutschland, Polen und Europa. (FOKUS 4) X, 497 S. 2021:8 (Schoeningh, GW) <664-4313>
ISBN 978-3-506-76066-1 hard ¥20,950.- (税込) EUR 89.00 *

20 Historiker:innen der Polen- und Osteuropaforschung blicken in Interviews auf ihre Wahrnehmung der 1990er Jahre zurueck. Seit den tiefgreifenden Veraenderungen der Jahre 1989/1990 sind mittlerweile ueber 30 Jahre vergangen. Im Einklang mit deutschen geschichtswissenschaftlichen Traditionen scheint nun der Zeitpunkt gekommen zu sein, mit historiographischen Einordnungen der 1990er Jahre zu beginnen. Dies gilt auch und gerade fuer die deutsch-polnischen Kontakte unter Historiker:innen. Der Band unternimmt durch Interviews mit deutschen, polnischen, britischen, tschechischen, franzoesischen und litauischen Historiker:innen einen ersten umfassenderen Versuch einer Retrospektive. Dabei wurden unterschiedliche Alterskohorten und Akteur:innen in diversen geographischen und thematischen Kontexten befragt.

歴史理論必携
van den Akker, Chiel (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Historical Theory. (Routledge Companions) 704 pp. 2022 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <664-4315>
ISBN 978-0-367-42108-3 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-211745-4 paper ¥12,532.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99 *

This Companion provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the conceptual issues that history as a discipline and mode of thought gives rise to. The book offers both historical and systematic treatments of these issues, as well as addressing their contemporary relevance. Structured in three parts - Modes and Schools of Historical Thought, Epistemology and Metaphysics of History, and Issues and Challenges in Historical Theory - it offers the reader a wide scope and expert treatment of each topic in this vibrant field that can be read in any order. An international team of experts both discuss the basis of their topic and present their own view, offering the reader a cutting-edge contribution while ensuring their chapters are of interest to both students and specialists in the field of historical theory and engaging with the very nature of historical thought, the metaphysics of historical existence, the politics of history-writing, and the intelligibility of the historical process. The volume is an indispensable companion to the study of history and essential reading for anyone interested in the reflection on the nature of history and our historical existence.

マルクス主義と歴史　第2版
Perry, Matt, Marxism and History. 2nd ed. (Theory and History) XX, 192 pp. 2021:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <664-296>
ISBN 978-3-030-69510-1 paper ¥12,943.- (税込) EUR 54.99 *

Marxism and History examines Marxism's enormous impact on the way historians approach their subject. Tackling current historiographical questions in an accessible way, Matt Perry offers a clear introduction to Marxist views of history, key Marxist historians and thinkers, and the relevance of Marxist theory and history to students' own work. This is a concise, thorough overview of an important area of historiography. This new edition will be thoroughly updated throughout to incorporate the considerable new research in the area since publication of the first edition in 2002.