Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide

332 Pages·2010·1.65 MB·English

by  Paul R. Bartrop

FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most
influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and geno-
cide. 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:
(cid:1) Hannah Arendt
(cid:1) Christopher Browning
(cid:1) Primo Levi
(cid:1) Raphael Lemkin
(cid:1) Jacques Sémelin
(cid:1) Saul Friedländer
(cid:1) Samantha Power
(cid:1) Hans Mommsen
(cid:1) Emil Fackenheim
(cid:1) Helen Fein
(cid:1) Adam Jones
(cid:1) Ben Kiernan
A 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.
Paul R. Bartrop is an Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and
Education at Deakin University, Australia, and head of the
Department of History at Bialik College in Melbourne. His publica-
tions for Routledge include The Genocide Studies Reader with Samuel
Totten (2009).
Steven Leonard Jacobs is Associate Professor and Aaron Aronov
Chair of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the
University of Alabama, USA. His most recent book is Confronting
Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2009).
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FIFTY KEY THINKERS
ON THE HOLOCAUST
AND GENOCIDE
Paul R. Bartrop and
Steven Leonard Jacobs
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Dedicated to the memory of
Donald Anthony Bartrop (1918–74), VX 2496, 2/2 Field
Ambulance, 6th Division,
Second Australian Imperial Force, 1939–46
and
Ralph Albert Jacobs (1921–81), 39-303-349, 385th Medical
Detachment, Military Police Batallion, Army of the
United States, 1941–45
Two men from different continents who fought the same tyranny

CONTENTS
Alphabetical list of contents viii
Chronological list of contents x
About the authors xii
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction 1
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide 8
Index 308
vii
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
CONTENTS
1 Alex Alvarez (b. 1963) 8
2 Hannah Arendt (1906–75) 14
3 Peter Balakian (b. 1951) 19
4 Lawrence Baron (b. 1947) 25
5 Omer Bartov (b. 1954) 31
6 Yehuda N. Bauer (b. 1926) 39
7 Zygmunt Bauman (b. 1925) 45
8 Donald Bloxham (b. 1973) 50
9 Christopher Browning (b. 1944) 56
10 Harry James Cargas (1932–98) 61
11 Israel W. Charny (b. 1931) 67
12 Robert Conquest (b. 1917) 73
13 Vahakn N. Dadrian (b. 1926) 79
14 Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915–90) 85
15 Terrence Des Pres (1939–86) 91
16 A. Roy Eckardt (1918–98) 97
17 Emil L. Fackenheim (1916–2003) 105
18 Helen Fein (b. 1934) 111
19 Stephen C. Feinstein (1943–2008) 117
20 Saul Friedländer (b. 1932) 123
21 Barbara Harff (b. 1942) 129
22 Raul Hilberg (1926–2007) 137
23 Alexander Laban Hinton (b. 1963) 143
24 Herbert Hirsch (b. 1941) 148
25 Adam Jones (b. 1963) 154
26 Ben Kiernan (b. 1953) 159
27 Leo Kuper (1908–94) 164
28 Berel Lang (b. 1933) 169
29 Lawrence L. Langer (b. 1929) 174
30 Raphael Lemkin (1900–59) 181
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ALPHABETICALLISTOFCONTENTS
31 Mark Levene (b. 1953) 186
32 Primo Levi (1919–87) 194
33 Robert Jay Lifton (b. 1926) 199
34 Franklin H. Littell (1917–2009) 204
35 Mahmood Mamdani (b. 1947) 210
36 Eric Markusen (1946–2007) 216
37 Robert Melson (b. 1937) 223
38 Hans Mommsen (b. 1930) 228
39 Norman M. Naimark (b. 1944) 235
40 Samantha Power (b. 1970) 240
41 Joan Ringelheim (b. 1939) 245
42 Carol Rittner, RSM (b. 1943) 250
43 John K. Roth (b. 1940) 256
44 Richard L. Rubenstein (b. 1924) 263
45 Rudolph J. Rummel (b. 1932) 268
46 William Schabas (b. 1950) 276
47 Jacques Sémelin (b. 1951) 281
48 Robert Skloot (b. 1942) 288
49 Elie Wiesel (b. 1928) 294
50 James E. Young (b. 1951) 301
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