Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism : : Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought / / Steven T. Katz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Katz, Steven T.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1992]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. On Historicism and Eternity: Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Franz Rosenzweig --; 2. Jewish Philosophy in the 1980s: A Diagnosis and Prescription --; 3. Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism --; 4. 1918 and After: The Role of Racial Antisemitism in the Nazi Analysis of the Weimar Republic --; 5. Quantity and Interpretation—Issues in the Comparative Historical Analysis of the Holocaust --; 6. Auschwitz and the Gulag: Discontinuities and Dissimilarities --; 7. Defining the Uniqueness of the Holocaust: Preliminary Clarifications and Disclaimers --; 8. Technology and Genocide: Technology as a "Form of Life" --; 9. "Voluntary Covenant": Irving Greenberg on Faith after the Holocaust --; 10. "The Tremendum": Arthur Cohen s Understanding of Faith after the Holocaust --; 11. Criteria for a Contemporary Zionist Ideology --; 12. Zionism as an Expression of Jewish Freedom --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814763544; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814763544.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steven T. Katz.

"[Of] the 12 well-crafted essays in this volume.the most useful are those dealing with the Holocaust."-Choice "Especially recommended for college-level students of Jewish history and culture."-The Bookwatch This is a critical exploration of the most repercussive topics in modern Jewish history and thought. A sequel to Katz's National Jewish Book Award-winning study, Post-Holocaust Dialogues, this book identifies the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and outlines a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence.