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The Holocaust on Trial
D. D. Guttenplan
其他書名
History, Justice and the David Irving Libel Case
出版Granta, 2001
主題History / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / HolocaustLaw / Criminal Law / GeneralLaw / Litigation
ISBN186207397X9781862073975
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nXAwtQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋A journalist's account of the London trial of David Irving vs. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, held in January-April 2000, interspersed with reflections on Holocaust memory and denial. The case became a Holocaust trial, albeit without perpetrators and victims. It did not generate a new narrative of the Holocaust, a revisionist one, as Irving had hoped. Without endorsing Irving's views, defends his right to historical dissent and regrets that his reputation as an outstanding historian was undermined. Contends that the critics of Irving's views, including Lipstadt, misinterpreted his writing as an outgrowth of postmodern deconstruction; what Irving assaulted was not rationalism and history as a science, but the Jews. His main motive was antisemitism. Contends that the depoliticized myth of the "Nazi war against the Jews", characteristic of some historiographic works, made the deniers' task easier. Believes that the Jews are not immune to critical analysis of their history; however, Irving crossed the divide between legitimate criticism and prejudiced vilification of the Jews as a people.