| Catastrophe and Meaning: The Holocaust and the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Postone, Moishe (Editor), Santner, Eric L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226676102 ISBN-13: 9780226676104 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: How should we understand the relation of the Holocaust to the broader historical processes of the century just ended? How do we explain the bearing of the Holocaust on problems of representation, memory, memorialization, and historical practice? These are some of the questions explored by an esteemed group of scholars in "Catastrophe and Meaning," the most significant multiauthored book on the Holocaust in over a decade. This collection features essays that consider the role of anti-Semitism in the recounting of the Holocaust; the place of the catastrophe in the narrative of twentieth-century history; the questions of agency and victimhood that the Holocaust inspires; the afterlife of trauma in literature written about the tragedy; and the gaps in remembrance and comprehension that normal historical works fail to notice. Contributors: Omer Bartov, Dan Diner, Deborah Dwork, Saul Friedlander, Geoffrey Hartman, Dominick LaCapra, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Anson Rabinbach, Frank Trommler, Shulamit Volkov, Froma Zeitlin |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2003000209 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.08" W x 9.34" (1.15 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: How should we understand the relation of the Holocaust to the broader historical processes of the century just ended? How do we explain the bearing of the Holocaust on problems of representation, memory, memorialization, and historical practice? These are some of the questions explored by an esteemed group of scholars in "Catastrophe and Meaning, the most significant multiauthored book on the Holocaust in over a decade. This collection features essays that consider the role of anti-Semitism in the recounting of the Holocaust; the place of the catastrophe in the narrative of twentieth-century history; the questions of agency and victimhood that the Holocaust inspires; the afterlife of trauma in literature written about the tragedy; and the gaps in remembrance and comprehension that normal historical works fail to notice. Contributors: Omer Bartov, Dan Diner, Deborah Dwork, Saul Friedlander, Geoffrey Hartman, Dominick LaCapra, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Anson Rabinbach, Frank Trommler, Shulamit Volkov, Froma Zeitlin |
Contributor Bio(s): Postone, Moishe: - Moishe Postone (1942-2018) was the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Modern History and co-director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory at the University of Chicago. He was the author of a number of books of Marxist theory, including Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical Theory. |