摘要：Theory of history is a strange domain. Although it has been declared dead or dying continuously over the last 20 years – even by some of its own practitioners – books about theory of history are published with a remarkable frequency and success. Especially the rise of postmodernism and academic feminism has created a broad interest among students of history in ‘theory of history’. Its present state may be compared to the theory of fascism in the 1970’s and 1980’s, when many of its practitioners were lamenting about its condition while contributing continuously to it: “Endlich genug über Nationalsozialismus und Zweiten Weltkrieg?”, Andreas Hillgruber asked rhetorically in 1982 – just before publishing another book on the topic. This is the good news – at least for those interested in ‘theory of history’.
关键词：Chris Lorenz, Department of History, Free University Amsterdam
