摘要：Alon Confino’s book, Germany As A Culture of Remembrance, is a collection of eleven historical essays some of which have already been published in journals such as 'History and Memory' and 'The American Historical Review'. It consists of a 'Prologue' termed 'The Historian’s Representations', a theoretical and methodological meditation on the craft of the historian, as well as five essays dealing with the theme of 'Heimat' and five dealing broadly with themes of 'memory'. The book represents Confino’s conviction of the historian as being "a hedgehog, a fox, an ogre, and a traveling juggler all folded into one" (Preface, XIV) - as knowing intimately the ins and outs of his or her specific subject, while also understanding the broader historical framework of the society being studied, as a traveler who moves deftly between pasts, societies and disciplines, while also being able to juggle these elements differently in any given interpretation. Confino’s book is a historical tour-de-force in which he displays the adroit touch of the imagined historian he himself espouses.
关键词：Fergal Lenehan, Zentrum für Höhere Studien, Universität Leipzig
