A Holocaust Reader: Responses to the Nazi Extermination / Edition 1

by Michael L. Morgan

Overview

The most comprehensive and representative collection of its kind, A Holocaust Reader: Responses to the Nazi Extermination features writings by theologians, literary figures, cultural critics, philosophers, political theorists, and others. It surveys the major themes raised by the Holocaust and examines the most provocative and influential responses to these topics and to the Holocaust itself. Organized in a roughly chronological pattern, the volume opens with early responses from the postwar period. Subsequent sections cover the emergence of central theological statements in the late 1960s and 1970s, the development of post-Holocaust thinking in the 1970s and 1980s, and burgeoning reflections on the significance of the death camps. Connections between the Holocaust and important events and episodes in Western culture in the 1980s and 1990s are also discussed.
A Holocaust Reader: Responses to the Nazi Extermination offers selections from Theodor W. Adorno, Jean Améry, Hannah Arendt, Omer Bartov, Eliezer Berkovits, Michael André Bernstein, Martin Buber, Arthur A. Cohen, A. Roy Eckardt, Emil L. Fackenheim, Saul Friedlander, Amos Funkenstein, Irving Greenberg, Andreas Huyssen, Hans Jonas, Berel Lang, Primo Levi, Johann Baptist Metz, Richard Rubenstein, Kenneth Seeskin, Franklin Sherman, David Tracy, Elie Wiesel, Robert E. Willis, and Michael Wyschogrod. Ideal for courses in the Holocaust, Jewish studies, and the philosophy of religion, this extensive collection will also be of interest to general readers and scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195059588
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.58(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Indiana University, Bloomington

Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroduction1. EARLY REFLECTIONSSurvival in Auschwitz, Primo LeviOn the Necessity and Impossibility of Being a Jew, Jean AméryMeditations on Metaphysics, Theodor W. AdornoThe Concentration Camps, Hannah ArendtThe Dialogue between Heaven and Earth, Martin BuberA Plea for the Dead, Elie Wiesel2. CENTRAL THEOLOGICAL RESPONSESThe Making of a Rabbi, Richard RubensteinSymposium on Jewish Belief, Richard RubensteinFaith after the Holocaust, Eliezer BerkovitsCloud of Smoke, Pillar of Fire: Judaism, Christianity, and Modernity after the Holocaust, Irving GreenbergJewish Faith and the Holocaust: A Fragment, Emil L. FackenheimHolocaust, Emil L. FackenheimThe Holocaust and the State of Israel: Their Relation, Emil L. FackenheimChristians and Jews: Along a Theological Frontier, A. Roy Eckardt3. DEVELOPMENTS: THE 1970s AND 1980sFaith and the Holocaust, Michael WyschogrodTheological Interpretations of the Holocaust: A Balance, Amos FunkensteinThinking the Tremendum: Some Theological Implications of the Death Camps, Arthur A. CohenSpeaking of God after Auschwitz, Franklin ShermanAuschwitz and the Nuturing of Conscience, Robert E. WillisReligious Values after the Holocaust: A Catholic View, David TracyChristians and Jews after Auschwitz: Being a Meditation Also on the End of Bourgeois Religion, Johann Baptist MetzThe Holocaust and Philosophy, Emil L. FackenheimThe Concept of God after Auschwitz: A Jewish Voice, Hans Jonas4. THE HOLOCAUST AND WESTERN CULTURE: THE 1980s AND 1990sThe Shoah in Present Historical Consciousness, Saul FriedlanderIntellectuals on Auschwitz: Memory, History, and Truth, Omer BartovWhat Philosophy Can and Cannot Say about Evil, Kenneth SeeskinComing to Terms with Failure: A Philosophical Dilemma, Kenneth SeeskinNarrating the Shoah, Michael André BernsteinThe Representation of Evil: Ethical Content as Literary Form, Berel LangMonuments and Holocaust Memory in a Media Age, Andreas HuyssenBibliographyIndex