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Summary: Wonderfully selected anthology
Review: One normally wouldn't think of a 15-year old anthology as being "old", but in the ever-growing field of Holocaust and genocide studies, a 15-year old anthology threatens to be positively ancient.
Roth and Berenbaum's *Holocaust*, however, is still standing the test of time, and still sets the gold standard for anthologies on the subject. While other excellent anthologies treating issues concerning the moral, philosophical, and religious implications of the Holocaust have been published recently (I find those by Morgan and by Cohn-Sherbok to be quite excellent), this volume still deserves a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone even *remotely* concerned with the implications of the Holocaust.
Every selection in this book is excellent, and worth reading more than once--*every* selection. There is not a single dud among them. Most are exceedingly insightful; and many deserve to be considered among the seminal pieces of Holocaust studies. Nearly every one of the most influential Holocaust scholars is present: we are treaed to selections from Wiesel, Dawidowicz, Hilberg, Bauer, DesPres, Fackenheim, Rubenstein, Levi, Amery, Lifton, and Langer. This realy is, without hyperbole, the "best of the best" collection on Holocaust studies: the best and most influential pieces by the best and most influential scholars.
Because of the high quality of this collection, people with a very diverse range of interests (history, philosophy, religion, politics) will find much of interest and many insightful ideas in this collection.
This collection is so outstanding that, to be honest, I am surprised that no reviewer has sung its praises here yet. If you are at all interested in the Holocaust and how to make sense of things afterward, this collection will not be the only one you will want to buy, but you shouldn't hesitate for even a single moment about getting this one. By the exploding development of Holocaust studies, this collection may be an oldie, but it's still a goodie, and promises to be for a long, long time.
Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully selected anthology
Review: One normally wouldn't think of a 15-year old anthology as being "old", but in the ever-growing field of Holocaust and genocide studies, a 15-year old anthology threatens to be positively ancient.
Roth and Berenbaum's *Holocaust*, however, is still standing the test of time, and still sets the gold standard for anthologies on the subject. While other excellent anthologies treating issues concerning the moral, philosophical, and religious implications of the Holocaust have been published recently (I find those by Morgan and by Cohn-Sherbok to be quite excellent), this volume still deserves a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone even *remotely* concerned with the implications of the Holocaust.
Every selection in this book is excellent, and worth reading more than once--*every* selection. There is not a single dud among them. Most are exceedingly insightful; and many deserve to be considered among the seminal pieces of Holocaust studies. Nearly every one of the most influential Holocaust scholars is present: we are treaed to selections from Wiesel, Dawidowicz, Hilberg, Bauer, DesPres, Fackenheim, Rubenstein, Levi, Amery, Lifton, and Langer. This realy is, without hyperbole, the "best of the best" collection on Holocaust studies: the best and most influential pieces by the best and most influential scholars.
Because of the high quality of this collection, people with a very diverse range of interests (history, philosophy, religion, politics) will find much of interest and many insightful ideas in this collection.
This collection is so outstanding that, to be honest, I am surprised that no reviewer has sung its praises here yet. If you are at all interested in the Holocaust and how to make sense of things afterward, this collection will not be the only one you will want to buy, but you shouldn't hesitate for even a single moment about getting this one. By the exploding development of Holocaust studies, this collection may be an oldie, but it's still a goodie, and promises to be for a long, long time.
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