Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought
This volume offers a challenging, critical exploration of several of the most elemental and repercussive topics in modern Jewish history and thought. A sequel to Katz's National Jewish Book Award-winning study, Post-Holocaust Dialogues, the work assesses the contemporary Jewish situation by examining three fundamental issues--the problem of historicism, the historical, theological, and phenomenological investigation of the Holocaust, and the contemporary meaning of Zionism. Specifically, Katz...
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"[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 BookwatchThis 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. Booknews Bringing together essays written over the past decade, this sequel to Katz's National Jewish Book Award-winning study, Post-Holocaust Dialogues, assesses the contemporary Jewish situation by examining three fundamental issues--the problem of historicism, the historical, theological, and phenomenological investigation of the Holocaust, and the contemporary meaning of Zionism. Paper edition (unseen), $17.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1On Historicism and Eternity: Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Franz Rosenzweig12Jewish Philosophy in the 1980s: A Diagnosis and Prescription273Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism5341918 and After: The Role of Racial Antisemitism in the Nazi Analysis of the Weimar Republic745Quantity and Interpretation--Issues in the Comparative Historical Analysis of the Holocaust1056Auschwitz and the Gulag: Discontinuities and Dissimilarities1387Defining the Uniqueness of the Holocaust: Preliminary Clarifications and Disclaimers1628Technology and Genocide: Technology as a "Form of Life"1939"Voluntary Covenant": Irving Greenberg on Faith after the Holocaust22510"The Tremendum": Arthur Cohen's Understanding of Faith after the Holocaust25111Criteria for a Contemporary Zionist Ideology27412Zionism as an Expression of Jewish Freedom289Index301
\ BooknewsBringing together essays written over the past decade, this sequel to Katz's National Jewish Book Award-winning study, Post-Holocaust Dialogues, assesses the contemporary Jewish situation by examining three fundamental issues--the problem of historicism, the historical, theological, and phenomenological investigation of the Holocaust, and the contemporary meaning of Zionism. Paper edition (unseen), $17.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
