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In 1953 Hans Rothfels gave a definition of what he understood as contemporary history which rapidly became a classic: 'the era of those living and its treatment by academics'. In so doing he opened up a field of enquiry to historical scholarship in Germany which had had a long tradition, but which had been almost completely excluded from the discipline since the nineteenth century. In 1821 Wilhelm von Humboldt had declared that 'chronicling the present' furnished the 'necessary basis of history', but was not 'history itself'. This paved the way for criticism which, with Leopold von Ranke, increasingly excluded contemporary history from the sphere of academic consideration on the grounds that its typical 'lack of reliable knowledge' and 'conflicts between contemporaries' impeded objective judgement. Heinrich von Treitschke's dismissive assertion that the most recent past could only be looked at through the biased glasses of a 'dual partiality' was only confirmed by a new flourishing ofhistoria sui temporisafter 1914. Thus, as early as the third year of the First World War, theHistorische Zeitschrift(HZ) was talking about the 'pre-history of the World War', thereby justifying the verdict that 'it was practically patriotic rather than academically legitimate'. The same could be said of the notions the historical discipline put forward after 1918 against the 'Versailles lies about war guilt'.

This book brings together eighteen English language essays on the fringes, overlap, and tensions of memory and history that the author has published over the last three decades. It is characteristic that the two longest essays in this volume, and the most recent one, are reflections on the author's ambiguity vis-a-vis autobiographical Ego-histoire, on his role and experiences as a government advisor during the international negotiations on compensation for Nazi forced labor, and on the contexts of the essays of this book. The author was also instrumental in bringing Oral History to Germany and

In diesem Artikel wird Gesellschaftskritik im Bereich der Sozialen Arbeit aus der subjektiven Sicht des Autors reflektiert. Gesellschaftskritik wird als eine 'Bewegung' in Zeit (1960-2002) und Raum (alte Bundesrepublik - West-Berlin - neue Bundesrepublik - Soziale Arbeit) sichtbar. In der Zusammenschau der 'sich wandelnden Verhältnisse' und der sich in Korrespondenz damit ebenfalls ändernden Sichtweisen der KritikerInnen wird diese Bewegung - vielleicht - nachvollziehbar. Der Autor betont besonders die Zusammengehörigkeit von Kritik und Selbst-Reflexion.

Export Controls examines how the U.S. has attempted to restrict the export of national security sensitive equipment, finance, knowledge, and technology since World War II. It also examines attempts to influence U.S. policies while concluding that some export controls are essential for promoting and defending U.S. national security interests.