Repentance for the Holocaust : Lessons from Jewish Thought for Confronting the German Past

• Tác giả: C. K. Martin Chung
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1501707612
• ISBN-13: 978-1501707629
• ISBN-13: 978-1501712524
• ISBN-13: 978-1501712531
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 940.53 World War II, 1939-1945
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ithaca : Cornell University Library, 2017.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 244143
• Chủ đề: 1. Historiography--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany; 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion, German; 3. Memory--Religious aspects; 4. Public opinion--Germany; 5. Repentance--Judaism

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index.

Tóm tắt

"Develops the biblical idea of "turning" (tshuvah) into a conceptual framework to analyze a particular area of contemporary German history, commonly referred to as Vergangenheitsbewältigung or "coming to terms with the past." Chung examines a selection of German responses to the Nazi past, their interaction with the victims' responses, such as those from Jewish individuals, and their correspondence with biblical repentance. In demonstrating the victims' influence on German responses, Chung asserts that the phenomenon of Vergangenheitsbewältigung can best be understood in a relational, rather than a national, paradigm"-- Publisher's Web site.