Writing the Holocaust

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Writing the Holocaust provides students and teachers with an accessibly written overview of the key themes and major theoretical developments which continue to inform the nature of historical writing on the Holocaust.

Holocaust studies is at a paradox: while historians of the Holocaust defend it as a legitimate and well-defined area of research, they write against a complex political and ideological background that undermines any claim for it as a normative field of historical study. Writing the Holocaust offers a lucid enquiry into this complex field by demonstrating the impact of current theories from the humanities and social sciences upon the treatment of Holocaust studies.

Writing the Holocaust provides students and teachers with an accessibly written overview of the key themes and major theoretical developments which continue to inform the nature of historical writing on the Holocaust. Holocaust studies is at a paradox: while historians of the Holocaust defend it...

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Jean-Marc Dreyfus is Lecturer in Holocaust Studies and Daniel Langton is Professor of the History of Jewish-Christian relations. Both operate in the Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, UK.
Jean-Marc Dreyfus is Lecturer in Holocaust Studies and Daniel Langton is Professor of the History of Jewish-Christian relations. Both operate in the Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, UK.

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