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

"[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.

Table of Contents

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