History, Memory and Mass Atrocity - Essays on the Holocaust and Genocide (Hardcover)

The book's main theme is the interpretation of the Holocaust and genocide in historiography, philosophy and the contemporary culture of commemoration. Running through the essays is an attempt to understand the Holocaust's relationship to 'modernity'; the need to find ways of understanding genocide through apparently 'non-rational' forms of explanation (especially derived from anthropology); and the desirability of relating the Holocaust to other instances of genocide. The book investigates the ways in which individual thinkers (Malinowski, Arendt, Bataille, Perec, Ricoeur) can help us conceptualise the Holocaust, and also deals with many of the major themes of Holocaust and Genocide Studies in recent years: problems of handling testimony; problems of erecting monuments and museums; the representability of the Holocaust through texts, photographs, monuments and museums; the possibility of understanding why individuals take part in genocide; and the relationship of the Holocaust to colo

General

Imprint:	Vallentine Mitchell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	March 2006
Authors:	Dan Stone
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-85303-661-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	0-85303-661-6
Barcode:	9780853036616

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