Harnessing the Holocaust presents the compelling story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War through the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression and a symbol of victimization on a wide scale.
Using scholarship from a range of disciplines, Harnessing the Holocaust argues that the roots of Holocaust politics reside in the unresolved dilemmas of Jewish emancipation and the tensions inherent in the revolutionary notion of universalism. Ultimately, the book suggests, the Holocaust became a screen for debates about what it means to be French.
| ISBN: | 9780804748896 |
| Publication date: | 11th December 2003 |
| Author: | Joan B Wolf |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 249 pages |
| Series: | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture |
| Genres: |
European history The Holocaust General and world history |
Harnessing the Holocaust presents the compelling story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War through the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression and a symbol of victimization on a wide scale.
Using scholarship from a range of disciplines, Harnessing the Holocaust argues that the roots of Holocaust politics reside in the unresolved dilemmas of Jewish emancipation and the tensions inherent in the revolutionary notion of universalism. Ultimately, the book suggests, the Holocaust became a screen for debates about what it means to be French.
Harnessing the Holocaust features in the following genres: European history, The Holocaust, General and world history
Harnessing the Holocaust is available in Hardback
Harnessing the Holocaust was written by Joan B Wolf and published by Stanford University Press
Harnessing the Holocaust has 249 pages
Yes it is part of Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture series