Histories of the Holocaust / Dan Stone.
2010
D804.348 .S763 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Histories of the Holocaust / Dan Stone.
Author
Stone, Dan, 1971-
ISBN
9780199566792
0199566798
9780199566808 (pbk.)
0199566801 (pbk.)
0199566798
9780199566808 (pbk.)
0199566801 (pbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
viii, 314 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
D804.348 .S763 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.5318
Summary
"The Holocaust is one of the most intensively studied phenomena in modern history. The volume of writing that fuels the numerous debates about it is overwhelming in quantity and diversity. Even those who have dedicated their professional lives to understanding the Holocaust cannot assimilate it all.
There is, then, an urgent need to synthesize and evaluate the complex historiography on the Holocaust, exploring the major themes and debates relating to it and drawing widely on the findings of a great deal of research. Concentrating on the work of the last two decades, Histories of the Holocaust examines the "Final Solution" as a European project, the decision-making process, perpetrator research, plunder and collaboration, regional studies, ghettos, camps, race science, antisemitic ideology, and recent debates concerning modernity, organization theory, colonialism, genocide studies, and cultural history. Research on victims is discussed, but Stone focuses more closely on perpetrators, reflecting trends within the historiography, as well as his own view that in order to understand Nazi genocide the emphasis must be on the culture of the perpetrators.
The book is not a "history of the history of the Holocaust," offering simply a description of developments in historiography. Stone critically analyses the literature, discerning major themes and trends and assessing the achievements and shortcomings of the various approaches. He demonstrates that there never can or should be a single history of the Holocaust and facilitates an understanding of the genocide of the Jews from a multiplicity of angles. An understanding of how the Holocaust could have happened can only be achieved by recourse to histories of the Holocaust: detailed day-by-day accounts of high-level decision-making; long-term narratives of the Holocaust's relationship to European histories of colonialism and warfare; micro-historical studies of Jewish life before, during, and after Nazi occupation; and cultural analyses of Nazi fantasies and fears."--pub. desc.
There is, then, an urgent need to synthesize and evaluate the complex historiography on the Holocaust, exploring the major themes and debates relating to it and drawing widely on the findings of a great deal of research. Concentrating on the work of the last two decades, Histories of the Holocaust examines the "Final Solution" as a European project, the decision-making process, perpetrator research, plunder and collaboration, regional studies, ghettos, camps, race science, antisemitic ideology, and recent debates concerning modernity, organization theory, colonialism, genocide studies, and cultural history. Research on victims is discussed, but Stone focuses more closely on perpetrators, reflecting trends within the historiography, as well as his own view that in order to understand Nazi genocide the emphasis must be on the culture of the perpetrators.
The book is not a "history of the history of the Holocaust," offering simply a description of developments in historiography. Stone critically analyses the literature, discerning major themes and trends and assessing the achievements and shortcomings of the various approaches. He demonstrates that there never can or should be a single history of the Holocaust and facilitates an understanding of the genocide of the Jews from a multiplicity of angles. An understanding of how the Holocaust could have happened can only be achieved by recourse to histories of the Holocaust: detailed day-by-day accounts of high-level decision-making; long-term narratives of the Holocaust's relationship to European histories of colonialism and warfare; micro-historical studies of Jewish life before, during, and after Nazi occupation; and cultural analyses of Nazi fantasies and fears."--pub. desc.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: towards an integrated historiography of the Holocaust
The final solution: a German or European project?
The decision making process in context
The Holocaust: child of modernity?
Race science: the basis of the Nazi world view?
Genocide, the Holocaust, and the history of colonialism
The Holocaust as an expression of Nazi culture
Conclusion: into the abyss.
The final solution: a German or European project?
The decision making process in context
The Holocaust: child of modernity?
Race science: the basis of the Nazi world view?
Genocide, the Holocaust, and the history of colonialism
The Holocaust as an expression of Nazi culture
Conclusion: into the abyss.