CONCERNING AUTHENTIC AND UNAUTHENTIC RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST
Whereas it is impossible to find meaning in the Holocaust, it is imperative to find authentic responses to the event. The article grapples with the dilemmas attached to defining authentic and unauthentic responses to the Holocaust, and addresses criteria for distinction of such responses. Unique and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1986
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1986, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-120 |
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| Summary: | Whereas it is impossible to find meaning in the Holocaust, it is imperative to find authentic responses to the event. The article grapples with the dilemmas attached to defining authentic and unauthentic responses to the Holocaust, and addresses criteria for distinction of such responses. Unique and universal are inadequate in that they either diminish the Holocaust to a passing episode or dilute it into another example of man's inhumanity to man Philosophical reflection on the Holocaust must somehow unite the persistence of history with the transmutation of history as evident in the event. Responses from four concerned groups are examined: those of scholars, of Germans, of Christians and of Jews. In each case, criteria for authenticity are sought and applied. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/1.1.101 |