Excerpt from The Case for Auschwitz : Evidence from the Irving Trial: The Influence of Literary Theory on the Origins of Holocaust Denial
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Excerpt from The Case for Auschwitz : Evidence from the Irving Trial: The Influence of Literary Theory on the Origins of Holocaust Denial
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number305.8924/0067
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]06092hh
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Random House
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2004
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp385-396
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0812972031
NotesArticle from the book 'Those who forget the past' pp385-396
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In this essay the author, a key historical witness for Deborah Lipstadt at the lawsuit David Irving launched against her, makes a conjecture about the culture of literary and intellectual relativism which, he believes, allowed Holocaust denial to flourish.