Beyond the Conceivable: Studies on Germany, Nazism, and the HolocaustThe major essays of Dan Diner, who is widely read and quoted in Germany and Israel, are finally collected in an English edition. They reflect the author’s belief that the Holocaust transcends traditional patterns of historical understanding and requires an epistemologically distinct approach. One can no longer assume that actors as well as historians are operating in the same conceptual universe, sharing the same criteria of rational discourse. This is particularly true of victims and perpetrators, whose memories shape the distortions of historical narrative in ways often diametrically opposed. The essays are divided into three groups. The first group talks about anti-Semitism in the context of the 1930s and the ideologies that drove the Nazi regime. The second group concentrates on the almost unbelievably different perceptions of the "Final Solution," with particularly illuminating discussions of the Judenrat, or Jewish council. The third group considers the Holocaust as the subject of narrative and historical memory. 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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 2000. The major essays of Dan Diner, who is widely read and quoted in Germany and Israel, are finally collected in an English edition. They reflect the author’s belief that the Holocaust transcends traditional patterns of historical understanding and requires a |
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... National Socialism , " History & Memory : Studies in Representation of the Past 2 ( 1990 ) : 84- 105. Chapter 10 : " Varieties of Narration : The Holocaust in Historical Memory , " in Studies in Contemporary Jewry : The Fate of the ...
... National Socialism , " History & Memory : Studies in Representation of the Past 2 ( 1990 ) : 84- 105. Chapter 10 : " Varieties of Narration : The Holocaust in Historical Memory , " in Studies in Contemporary Jewry : The Fate of the ...
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... National Socialism / 160 PART III HOLOCAUST NARRATIVES 10. Varieties of Narration : The Holocaust in Historical Memory / 173 11. Nazism and Stalinism : On Memory , Arbitrariness , Labor , and Death / 187 12. Cumulative Contingency ...
... National Socialism / 160 PART III HOLOCAUST NARRATIVES 10. Varieties of Narration : The Holocaust in Historical Memory / 173 11. Nazism and Stalinism : On Memory , Arbitrariness , Labor , and Death / 187 12. Cumulative Contingency ...
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... National Socialism is understood to be located — inevitably condensed into the familiar model of a German Son- derweg ( special path ) ; in turn , the debate over a purported Sonderweg trans- forms historical objects and questions ...
... National Socialism is understood to be located — inevitably condensed into the familiar model of a German Son- derweg ( special path ) ; in turn , the debate over a purported Sonderweg trans- forms historical objects and questions ...
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Contents
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Norms for Domination Nazi Legal Concepts of World Order | 49 |
The Catastrophe before the Catastrophe 1938 in Historical Context | 78 |
PERCEPTIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST | 95 |
The Limits of Reason Max Horkheimer on AntiSemitism and Extermination | 97 |
Beyond the Conceivable The Judenrat as Borderline Experience | 117 |
On Rationality and Rationalization An Economistic Explanation of the Final Solution | 138 |
Historical Experience and Cognition Juxtaposing Perspectives on National Socialism | 160 |
HOLOCAUST NARRATIVES | 171 |
Varieties of Narration The Holocaust in Historical Memory | 173 |
Cumulative Contingency Historicizing Legitimacy in Israeli Discourse | 201 |
On Guilt Discourse and Other Narrations German Questions and Universal Answers | 218 |
NOTES | 231 |
INDEX | 272 |
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