Social Theory after the Holocaust (Studies in Social and Political Thought) (Volume 2)

This collection of essays explores the character and quality of the HolocaustвЂTMs impact and the abiding legacy it has left for social theory. The premise which informs the contributions is that, ten years after its publication, Zygmunt BaumanвЂTMs claim that social theory has either failed to address the Holocaust or protected itself from its implications remains true. The Holocaust Has Had A Profound Impact In Some Areas And On Some Constituents Of Social Theory, Not Only As A Topic Of Enquiry, But Also As A Testing Ground Of Its Concepts Of Understanding, Standards Of Judgment And Procedures Of Inquiry. This Collection Of Essays Explores The Character And Quality Of The Holocaust's Impact And The Abiding Legacy It Has Left For Social Theory. The Premise Which Informs The Contributions Is That, Ten Years After Its Publication, Zygmunt Bauman's Claim That Social Theory Has Either Failed To Address The Holocaust Or Protected Itself From Its Implications Remains True -- From Book Cover. The Holocaust's Life As A Ghost / Zygmunt Bauman -- Hannah Arendt: Politics And Understanding After The Holocaust / Robert Fine -- Whither The Broken Middle? / Rose And Fackenheim On Mourning, Modernity And The Holocaust / Anthony Gorman -- Good Against Evil? H.g. Adler, T.w. Adorno And The Representation Of The Holocaust / Jeremy Adler -- 'after Auschwitz': Trauma And The Grammar Of Ethics / J.m. Bernstein -- Lyotard: Emancipation, Anti-semitism And 'the Jews' / David Seymour -- Eradicating Evil: Levinas, Judaism And The Holocaust / Victor J. Seidler -- Silence-voice-representation / Heidrun Friese -- Friends And Others: Lessing's Die Juden And Nathan Der Weise / Andrew Benjamin -- The Visibility Of The Holocaust: Franz Neumann And The Nuremberg Trials / Michael Salter -- Holocaust Testimony And The Challenge To The Philosophy Of History / Dan Stone -- Open Behind: Myth And Politics / Charles Turner. Edited By Robert Fine And Charles Turner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1: The Holocaust’s Life as a Ghost......Page 14 2: Hannah Arendt: Politics and Understanding after the Holocaust......Page 26 3: Whither the Broken Middle? Rose and Fackenheim on Mourning, Modernity and the Holocaust......Page 54 4: Good against Evil? H.G. Adler, T.W. Adorno and the Representation of the Holocaust......Page 78 5: ‘After Auschwitz’: Trauma and the Grammar of Ethics......Page 108 6: Lyotard: Emancipation, Anti-Semitism and ‘the Jews’......Page 132 7: Eradicating Evil: Levinas, Judaism and the Holocaust......Page 148 8: Silence – Voice – Representation......Page 166 9: Friends and Others: Lessing’s Die Juden and Nathan der Weise......Page 186 10: The Visibility of the Holocaust: Franz Neumann and the Nuremburg Trials......Page 204 11: Holocaust Testimony and the Challenge to the Philosophy of History......Page 226 12: Open Behind: Myth and Politics......Page 242 Notes on Contributors......Page 266 Name Index......Page 270 Subject Index......Page 272