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Representing the Holocaust: History, Theory, Trauma

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Description for Representing the Holocaust: History, Theory, Trauma Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.

Defying comprehension, the tragic history of the Holocaust has been alternately repressed and canonized in postmodern Western culture. Recently our interpretation of the Holocaust has been the center of bitter controversies, from debates over Paul de Man's collaborationist journalism and Martin Heidegger’s Nazi past to attempts by some historians to downplay the Holocaust’s significance. A major voice in current historiographical discussions, Dominick LaCapra brings a new clarity to these issues as he examines the intersections between historical events and the theory through which we struggle to understand them.In a series of essays—three published here for the first time—LaCapra explores the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801481871
SKU
V9780801481871
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About Dominick Lacapra
Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Literature and Bowmar Professor Emeritus of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including History, Literature, Critical Theory; History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; and History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory.

Reviews for Representing the Holocaust: History, Theory, Trauma
Representing the Holocaust is a probing analysis of the relations between historiographical, personal, and cultural identity formation in the aftermath of the historical trauma of the Holocaust.
John E. Toews
American Historical Review
Dominick LaCapra may be the most original intellectual historian writing in America today. LaCapra begins, in this book, to provide a means by which ... Read more

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