Author

Publication

2000 - University of California Press, Berkley, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

71,500 words, Guess

Page Count

286 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99047175
  • LibraryThing101783
  • Goodreads4116864

Classifications

  • DDC940.53/18/0072
  • LCCD804.348 .D56 2000

Description

"These essays by Dan Diner reflect the author's belief that the Holocaust transcends traditional patterns of historical understanding and requires an epistemologically distinct approach.". "Diner focuses above all on perspectives: the very notions of rationality and irrationality are seen to be changeable, depending on who is applying them. And because neither rational nor irrational motives can be universally assigned to participants in the Holocaust, Diner proposes, from the perspective of the victims, the idea of the counterrational. His work is directed toward developing a theory of Holocaust historiography and offers, clearly and coherently, the highest level of reflection on these problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Personal narratives

Series Statement

  • Weimar and now ;

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