| Rethinking the Holocaust Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bauer, Yehuda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300093004 ISBN-13: 9780300093001 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $20.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: One of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust evaluates accepted views of its history and meaning in this extraordinary book. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He offers fresh opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to the murderous campaign against them to the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Series: Yale Nota Bene |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.68" W x 6.84" (0.64 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yehuda Bauer, one of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust, here presents an insightful overview and reconsideration of its history and meaning. Drawing on research he and other historians have done in recent years, he offers fresh opinions on such basic issues as how to define and explain the Holocaust; whether it can be compared with other genocides; how Jews reacted to the murder campaign against them; and what the relationship is between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. The Holocaust says something terribly important about humanity, says Bauer. He analyzes explanations of the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman, Jeffrey Herf, Goetz Aly, Daniel Goldhagen, John Weiss, and Saul Friedl nder and then offers his own interpretation of how the Holocaust could occur. Providing fascinating narratives as examples, he deals with reactions of Jewish men and women during the Holocaust and tells of several attempts at rescue operations. He also explores Jewish theology of the Holocaust, arguing that our view of the Holocaust should not be clouded by mysticism: it was an action by humans against other humans and is therefore an explicable event that we can prevent from recurring. |