Holocaust memory: between universal and particular
TitleHolocaust memory: between universal and particular
Author
Call number940.5318/0497
Object number09639a
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication
2017
Physical descriptionpp15-31
MaterialArticle
Series titleRoutledge studies in cultural history ; 40
ISBN9781138124769
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in the twenty-first century : contesting/ contested memories' pp15-31
Description
This essay is part of an ongoing project that looks at the way the Holocaust and 'Holocaust memory' comes to be subsumed within contemporary forms of antisemitism.The most recent illustration of this phenomenon concerns recent debates around its annual Holocaust Memorial Day. One of the articulations of these debates is through the language of 'universalism' and 'particularism'. From this perspective, Nazi crimes against Jews are presented as 'universal crimes against humanity'. This chapter examines the genealogy of these debates
