The Holocaust, Fascism, and memory : essays in the history of ideas

"From interpretations of the Holocaust to fascist thought and anti-fascists' responses, and the problems of memorializing this difficult past, this essay collection tackles topics which are rarely studied in conjunction. As well as historical analyses of fascist and anti-fascist thinking, Stone analyses the challenges involved in writing history in general and Holocaust historiography in particular. Following an introductory essay on 'history and its discontents', the wide-ranging chapters deal with individual thinkers of very different sorts, such as Hannah Arendt, Rolf Gardiner, Jules Monnerot and Saul Friedländer, movements such as interwar rural revivalism, the contested translation of Mein Kampf, émigré anti-fascists' writings, and the relationship between memory and history, especially with respect to atrocities like genocide. This unique collection of essays on a wide variety of topics contributes to understanding the roots and consequences of mid-twentieth-century Europe's great catastrophe."--Publisher's website. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction: History and Its Discontents....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Beyond the ‘Auschwitz Syndrome’: Holocaust Historiography after the Cold War....Pages 15-24 Raphael Lemkin as Historian of the Holocaust....Pages 25-36 Saul Friedländer and the Future of Holocaust Historiography....Pages 37-48 The Holocaust and ‘The Human’....Pages 49-63 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 Anti-Fascist Europe Comes to Britain: Theorising Fascism as a Contribution to Defeating It....Pages 67-80 The Mein Kampf Ramp: Emily Overend Lorimer and the Publication of Mein Kampf in Britain....Pages 81-95 Rolf Gardiner: An Honorary Nazi?....Pages 96-109 Rural Revivalism and the Radical Right in France and Britain between the Wars....Pages 110-122 The Uses and Abuses of ‘Secular Religion’: Jules Monnerot’s Path from Communism to Fascism....Pages 123-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Genocide and Memory....Pages 143-156 Beyond the Mnemosyne Institute: The Future of Memory after the Age of Commemoration....Pages 157-171 Memory Wars in the ‘New Europe’....Pages 172-183 Back Matter....Pages 184-250 From interpretations of the Holocaust to fascist thought and anti-fascists' responses, and the problems of memorializing this difficult past, this essay collection tackles topics which are rarely studied in conjunction. As well as historical analyses of fascist and anti-fascist thinking, Stone analyses the challenges involved in writing history in general and Holocaust historiography in particular. Following an introductory essay on 'history and its discontents', the wide-ranging chapters deal with individual thinkers of very different sorts, such as Hannah Arendt, Rolf Gardiner, Jules Monnerot and Saul Friedl̃nder, movements such as interwar rural revivalism, the contested translation of Mein Kampf, ̌migř anti-fascists' writings, and the relationship between memory and history, especially with respect to atrocities like genocide. This unique collection of essays on a wide variety of topics contributes to understanding the roots and consequences of mid-twentieth-century Europe's great catastrophe From interpretations of the Holocaust to fascist thought and anti-fascists' responses, this book tackles topics which are rarely studied in conjunction. This is a unique collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects, which contributes to understanding the roots and consequences of mid-twentieth-century Europe's great catastrophe.