Constructing the Holocaust : A Study in Historiography
by
Dan Stone
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0853034788
ISBN-13
9780853034780
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Imprint
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2003
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
486 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 2.60 cms
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Constructing the Holocaust examines the development of Holocaust historiography in the light of recent critical philosophy of history. It argues that the Holocaust provides both the occasion for, and the ultimate test of, new ways of giving meaning to the past. It also shows that examining our representations of the past is as important as archival research for understanding history. The problem under investigation is the paradox of using tools and methods inherited from western civilization in order to write about a set of events - the Holocaust - that impugn fundamental tenets of that very civilization. This paradox, though historians of the Holocaust increasingly acknowledge it, has not been investigated in detail before. This book explains how the paradox arose and why it remains largely unchallenged. It also points to ways of overcoming it.
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