| Description |
xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization ; no. 16 |
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New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization ; no. 16
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| Contents |
1. On Historicism and Eternity: Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Franz Rosenzweig -- 2. Jewish Philosophy in the 1980s: A Diagnosis and Prescription -- 3. Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism -- 4. 1918 and After: The Role of Racial Antisemitism in the Nazi Analysis of the Weimar Republic -- 5. Quantity and Interpretation -- Issues in the Comparative Historical Analysis of the Holocaust -- 6. Auschwitz and the Gulag: Discontinuities and Dissimilarities -- 7. Defining the Uniqueness of the Holocaust: Preliminary Clarifications and Disclaimers -- 8. Technology and Genocide: Technology as a "Form of Life" -- 9. "Voluntary Covenant": Irving Greenberg on Faith after the Holocaust -- 10. "The Tremendum": Arthur Cohen's Understanding of Faith after the Holocaust -- 11. Criteria for a Contemporary Zionist Ideology -- 12. Zionism as an Expression of Jewish Freedom |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Jews History |
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Arabic fiction Short stories |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Historicism.
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Holocaust (Jewish theology)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Jewish philosophy.
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Judaism -- Doctrines.
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Judaism -- 20th century.
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Zionism -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
91029416 |
| ISBN |
0814746160 |
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0814746470 (paperback) |
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