politics of uniqueness: reflections on the recent polemical turn to Holocaust and Genocide scholarship
TitleThe politics of uniqueness: reflections on the recent polemical turn to Holocaust and Genocide scholarship
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469YY
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
Year of publication
1999
Dimensionspp28-61
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Vol.13 Number 1, Spring 1999 pp 28-61
Description
Examines the debate over the uniqueness of the Holocaust as it has unfolded in the United States. It concentrates on two antagonistic camps: scholars such as Stephen Katz, Deborah Lipstadt and Daniel Goldhagen, who argue the Holocaust's uniqueness; and those like David Stannard, Ward Churchill and Norman Finkelstein who have recently attacked this notion