The Holocaust and Historical Methodology (Making Sense of History Book 16)

In the last two decades our empirical knowledge of the Holocaust has been vastly expanded. Yet this empirical blossoming has not been accompanied by much theoretical reflection on the historiography. This volume argues that reflection on the historical process of (re)constructing the past is as important for understanding the Holocaust—and, by extension, any past event—as is archival research. It aims to go beyond the dominant paradigm of political history and describe the emergence of methods now being used to reconstruct the past in the context of Holocaust historiography. Contents Preface to the Series Introduction: The Holocaust and Historical Methodology Part I: Memory and Culture in the Third Reich Chapter 1. A World Without Jews: Interpreting the Holocaust Chapter 2. Holocaust Historiography and Cultural History Chapter 3. The Invisible Crime: Nazi Politics of Memory and Postwar Representation of the Holocaust Chapter 4. The History of the Jews in the Ghettos: A Cultural Perspective Chapter 5. National Socialism, Holocaust, and Ecology Part II: Testimony and Commemoration Chapter 6. Bearing Witness: Theological Roots of a New Secular Morality Chapter 7. Transcending History? Methodological Problems in Holocaust Testimony Chapter 8. Studying the Holocaust: Is History Commemoration? Part III: Another Look at a Classic of Holocaust Historiography Chapter 9. An Integrated History of the Holocaust: Some Methodological Challenges Chapter 10. Truth and Circumstance: What (If Anything) Can Be Properly Said about the Holocaust? Chapter 11. Modernist Holocaust Historiography: A Dialogue between Saul Friedländer and Hayden White Part IV: The Holocaust in the World Chapter 12. The Holocaust and European History Chapter 13. Fascism and the Holocaust Chapter 14. The Holocaust and World History: Raphael Lemkin and Comparative Methodology Select Bibliography Contributors Index The Holocaust and historical methodology / Dan Stone A world without Jews: interpreting the Holocaust / Alon Confino Holocaust historiography and cultural history / Dan Stone The invisible crime: Nazi politics of memory and postwar representations of the Holocaust / Dirk Rupnow The history of the Jews in the ghettos: a cultural perspective / Amos Goldberg National Socialism, Holocaust, and ecology / Boaz Neumann Bearing witness: theological roots of a new secular morality / Samuel Moyn Transcending history? Methodological problems in Holocaust testimony / Zoe Waxman Studying the Holocaust: is history commemoration? / Doris L. Bergen An integrated history of the Holocaust: some methodological challenges / Saul Friedlander Truth and circumstance: what (if anything) can be properly said about the Holocaust? / Hayden White Modernist Holocaust historiography: a dialogue between Saul Friedlander and Hayden White / Wulf Kansteiner The Holocaust and European history / Donald Bloxham Fascism and the Holocaust / Federico Finchelstein The Holocaust and world history: Raphael Lemkin and comparative methodology / A. Dirk Moses.