The Holocaust and the Postmodern, Robert Eaglestone (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). 369 pp., cloth 115.00, pbk. forthcoming (2008)
Jürgen Habermas once famously accused postmodernists (Michel Foucault specifically) of what he termed “cryptonormativity.” By this, Habermas meant that postmodernists evinced clear normative preferences (e.g. in favor of the oppressed or marginalized) for which they could not adequately account on t...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press
2007
|
| In: |
Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 519-521 |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Jürgen Habermas once famously accused postmodernists (Michel Foucault specifically) of what he termed “cryptonormativity.” By this, Habermas meant that postmodernists evinced clear normative preferences (e.g. in favor of the oppressed or marginalized) for which they could not adequately account on the basis of their own epistemological theories. This claim that postmodernism is ethically incapacitated by its epistemological relativism has been particularly potent among historians, some of whom (e.g., Richard Evans and Deborah Lipstadt) have alleged that questioning of the positive truth of history is a slippery slope to Holocaust denial. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcm052 |