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

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1992]
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Year of Publication:1992
Language:English
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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