The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies

by Peter Hayes, John K. Roth

Overview

Few scholarly fields have developed in recent decades as rapidly and vigorously as Holocaust Studies. At the start of the twenty-first century, the persecution and murder perpetrated by the Nazi regime have become the subjects of an enormous literature in multiple academic disciplines and a touchstone of public and intellectual discourse in such diverse fields as politics, ethics and religion. Forward-looking and multi-disciplinary, this handbook draws on the work of an international team of forty-seven outstanding scholars.

The handbook is thematically divided into five broad sections. Part One, Enablers, concentrates on the broad and necessary contextual conditions for the Holocaust. Part Two, Protagonists, concentrates on the principal persons and groups involved in the Holocaust and attempts to disaggregate the conventional interpretive categories of perpetrator, victim, and bystander. It examines the agency of the Nazi leaders and killers and of those involved in resisting and surviving the assault. Part Three, Settings, concentrates on the particular places, sites, and physical circumstances where the actions of the Holocaust's protagonists and the forms of persecution were literally grounded. Part Four, Representations, engages complex questions about how the Holocaust can and should be grasped and what meaning or lack of meaning might be attributed to events through historical analysis, interpretation of texts, artistic creation and criticism, and philosophical and religious reflection. Part Five, Aftereffects, explores the Holocaust's impact on politics and ethics, education and religion, national identities and international relations, the prospects for genocide prevention, and the defense of human rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199211869
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/21/2011
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Pages:	792
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Hayes is Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University.


John K. Roth is Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Peter Hayes and John K. RothI: Enablers1. Antisemitism, Richard S. Levy2. Science, Patricia Heberer3. Nationalism, Eric D. Weitz4. Colonialism, A. Dirk Moses5. Fascism, Philip Morgan6. World Wars, Doris BergenII: Protagonists7. Hitler and Himmler, Alan E. Steinweis8. Problem-Solvers, Christopher Browning9. Killers, Edward Westermann10. On-Lookers, Paul Levine11. Rescuers, Deborah Dwork12. Jews, Dan Michman13. Women, Lenore J. Weitzman14. Children, Nicholas Stargardt15. Catholics, Kevin P. Spicer16. Protestants, Robert P. Ericksen17. The Allies, Shlomo Aronson18. Gypsies/Homosexuals/Slavs, John ConnellyIII: Settings19. Greater Germany, Wolf Gruner20. Living Space, Wendy Lower21. Occupied and Satellite States, Radu Ioanid22. Ghettos, Martin C. Dean23. Labor Sites, Mark Spoerer24. Camps, Karin OrthIV: Representations25. German Documents/Diaries, Peter Fritzsche26. Jews' Diaries/Chronicles, Amos Goldberg27. Survivors' Accounts, Henry Greenspan28. Literature, Sara R. Horowitz29. Film, Lawrence Baron30. Art, Dora Apel31. Music, Bret Werb32. Memorials and Museums, James E. YoungV: Aftereffects33. Liberation and Dispersal, Arieh J. Kochavi34. Punishment, Rebecca Wittmann35. Plunder and Restitution, Peter Hayes36. Denial, Deborah E. Lipstadt37. Israel, Boaz Cohen38. Jewish Culture, Jeffrey Shandler39. Judaism, Michael Berenbaum40. Christianity, Stephen R. Haynes41. Germany, Jeffrey Herf42. Europe, Jan-Werner Muller43. The Social Sciences, James E. Waller44. The Humanities, Berel Lang45. Education, Simone Schweber46. Human Rights Law, David H. Jones47. Ethics, John K. RothAfterword, Peter Hayes and John K. Roth

Editorial Reviews

"What the book brings instead are useful, intelligent, judicious, and lucidly written summaries of the current scholarly consensus on key issues within the field. The ideal user- I deliberately say user and not reader- is a scholar of some related field, who, for purposes of research or teaching, needs to get a grasp on a particular aspect of the Holocaust without having to master a large body of secondary literature." —Andrew N. Koss Religious Studies Review

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