Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism: Critical studies in modern Jewish thought and history
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism: Critical studies in modern Jewish thought and history
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number296.3/0001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]00429
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]New York University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1992
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]315p.,index, bibliographical references
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0814746160
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A number of the 12 essays in this book deal with the influence of the Holocaust on subsequent Jewish philosophy and historiography. Katz argues that the Shoah represented a unique disaster but might still be likened to slavery, witch hunts, defeat of the American Indians and other instances of genocide or large-scale murder. Also contends that none of these mass destructions was more malignant than any others and that a specially transcendent religious meaning should not be assigned to the Holocaust