Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism

Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought

By: Steven T. Katz

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Hardcover | 2 March 1992

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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 focuses on such matters as the role of racial antisemitism in the Weimar Republic, the oft-suggested comparison between the Gulag and Auschwitz, the role of technology in the Holocaust, and the internal dialectic and subtleties of Zionist ideology, among many other subjects. The volume identifies the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and outlines the contours of a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence.

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"A cause for celebration. The insights popping off of each page are rich, compelling, and memorable. Taken together, these essays hold as much promise for remaking general understanding of the American past as pathbreaking works in women's history and African-American history. By bringing to center stage the experiences of so many who have been previously ignored or degraded, and by exploring how images of disability color American values and politics through time, this work invites students, scholars, and citizens to understand the world more deeply and more capaciously."-Martha Minow, Harvard University

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Judaism & Theology Geonocide & Ethnic Cleansing The Holocaust General & World History History of Religion Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Disabilities

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
On Historicism and Eternity: Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Franz Rosenzweig	p. 1
Jewish Philosophy in the 1980s: A Diagnosis and Prescription	p. 27
Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism	p. 53
1918 and After: The Role of Racial Antisemitism in the Nazi Analysis of the Weimar Republic	p. 74
Quantity and Interpretation--Issues in the Comparative Historical Analysis of the Holocaust	p. 105
Auschwitz and the Gulag: Discontinuities and Dissimilarities	p. 138
Defining the Uniqueness of the Holocaust: Preliminary Clarifications and Disclaimers	p. 162
Technology and Genocide: Technology as a "Form of Life"	p. 193
"Voluntary Covenant": Irving Greenberg on Faith after the Holocaust	p. 225
"The Tremendum": Arthur Cohen's Understanding of Faith after the Holocaust	p. 251
Criteria for a Contemporary Zionist Ideology	p. 274
Zionism as an Expression of Jewish Freedom	p. 289
Index	p. 301
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