David Irving: Perbedaan antara revisi

 

'''David John Caldwell Irving''' ({{lahirmati||24|3|1938}}) merupakan salah satu penulis dan sejarawan [[Britania Raya]]. Dia telah menulis kurang lebih 30 buku mengenai [[Perang Dunia II]]. Buku-buku David Irving banyak yang kontroversial dan kebanyakan orang menganggap ia bukanlah sejarawan namun penulis fiksi.<ref name="DI_author">Not a historian:

* "It may seem an absurd semantic dispute to deny the appellation of ‘historian’ to someone who has written two dozen books or more about historical subjects. But if we mean by historian someone who is concerned to discover the truth about the past, and to give as accurate a representation of it as possible, then Irving is not a historian. Those in the know, indeed, are accustomed to avoid the term altogether when referring to him and use some circumlocution such as ‘historical writer’ instead. Irving is essentially an ideologue who uses history for his own political purposes; he is not primarily concerned with discovering and interpreting what happened in the past, he is concerned merely to give a selective and tendentious account of it in order to further his own ideological ends in the present. The true historian’s primary concern, however, is with the past. That is why, in the end, Irving is not a historian." Irving vs. (1) Lipstadt and (2) Penguin Books, Expert Witness Report by [[Richard J. Evans]] FBA, Professor of Modern History, [[University of Cambridge]], 2000, Chapter 6.

* "State prosecutor Michael Klackl said: 'He's not a historian, he's a falsifier of history.'" Traynor, Ian. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1714403,00.html Irving jailed for denying Holocaust], ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[February 21]], [[2006]].

 

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