Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought [Hardcover]

Steven Katz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1992

"[Of] the 12 well-crafted essays in this volume...the most useful are those dealing with the Holocaust."
—Choice

"Especially recommended for college-level students of Jewish history and culture."
—The Bookwatch

This is a critical exploration of the most repercussive topics in modern Jewish history and thought. A sequel to Katz's National Jewish Book Award-winning study, Post-Holocaust Dialogues, this book identifies the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and outlines a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence.

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"With this work, Longmore and Umansky offer historians, sociologists and other readers intrigued by this area of scholarship an opportunity to understand disabilities as broader and more complex than a single, generic and primarily medical category."-"Publishers Weekly",

About the Author

Steven T. Katz is Slater Professor of Jewish and Holocaust Studies and Director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University. His many publications include the multivolume Holocaust in Historical Context.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: NYU Press; 1ST edition (February 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814746160
• ISBN-13: 978-0814746165
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,974,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Most important topics in Judaism today, October 29, 2006

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This review is from: Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought (Paperback)

In this book Professor Katz discusses the most important topics in Judaism today. Besides containing papers on Franz Rosenzweig and Abraham Joshua Heschel, Katz discusses the role of racial antisemtism in Germany after WWI; outlines and analyzes the issues of comparing the Holocaust to other historical events, such as the mass witch burnings of the middle ages, black slavery, the decimation of North American Indians, the Nazi assaults on Gypsies and homosexuals, and Polish and Ukranian losses during WWII.

Katz discusses the various ideas concerning the uniqueness of the Holocaust, and more theological responses to it.