Michael Berenbaum

After Tragedy and Triumph

Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of his generation, the first to mature after tragedy and triumph.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780521099929
• ISBN-10: 0521099927
• Artikelnr.: 25582089

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Richard L. Rubenstein
Introduction
Part I. The Holocaust in Contemporary American Culture: 1. The nativisation of the Holocaust
2. The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust
3. Public commemoration of the Holocaust
4. Is the centrality of the Holocaust overemphasised? Two dialogues
5. Issues in teaching the Holocaust
6. What we should teach our children
7. The shadows of the Holocaust
Part II. Jewish Thought and Modern History: 8. Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber Reconsidered
9. The problem of pluralism in contemporary orthodoxy: philosophy and politics
10. From Auschwitz to Oslo: the journey of Elie Wiesel
11. Jacob Neusner and the renewal of an ever-dying people
12. Political Zionism's would-be successors: sectarianism, Messianism, nationalism, and secularism
13. The situation of the American Jew
Notes
Index.