Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide

by Paul R. Bartrop; Steven L. Jacobs

• ISBN13: 9780203846025
• ISBN10: 0203846028
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2013-03-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar's background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters, and analyse each thinker's contributions to the field. Key figures discussed range from historians and philosophers, to theologians, anthropologists, art historians and sociologists, including:Hannah ArendtChristopher BrowningPrimo LeviRaphael LemkinJacques SémelinSaul FriedländerSamantha PowerHans MommsenEmil FackenheimHelen FeinAdam JonesBen KiernanA thoughtful collection of groundbreaking thinkers, this book is an ideal resource for academics, students, and all those interested in both the emerging and rapidly evolving field of Genocide Studies and the established field of Holocaust Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Alex Alvarez

Hannah Arendt

Peter Balakian

Lawrence Baron

Omer Bartov

Yehuda Bauer

Zygmunt Bauman

Donald Bloxham Christopher Browning

Harry James Cargas

Israel Charny

Robert Conquest

Vahakn Dadrian

Lucy S. Dawidowicz

Terrence Des Pres

A. Roy Eckardt and Alice Lyons Eckardt

Emil Fackenheim

Helen Fein

Stephen Feinstein

Saul Friedländer

Barbara Harff and Ted Robert Gurr

Raul Hilberg

Alexander Laban Hinton

Herbert Hirsch Adam Jones

Ben Kiernan

Leo Kuper

Berel Lang

Lawrence Langer

Raphael Lemkin

Mark Levene

Primo Levi

Robert J. Lifton

Franklin H. Littell

Mahmood Mamdani

Eric Markusen

Robert F. Melson

Hans Mommsen

Norman M. Naimark

Samantha Power

Joan Ringelheim

Carol Rittner

John K. Roth

Richard L. Rubenstein

Rudolph J. Rummel

William Schabas

Jacques Sémelin

Robert Skloot

Elie Wiesel

James E. Young

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