Repentance for the Holocaust
"Develops the biblical idea of "turning" (tshuvah) into a conceptual framework to analyze a particular area of contemporary German history, commonly referred to as Vergangenheitsbewältigung or "coming to terms with the past." Chung examines a selection of German responses t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press
2017
2017. |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649798206719 |
| Summary: | "Develops the biblical idea of "turning" (tshuvah) into a conceptual framework to analyze a particular area of contemporary German history, commonly referred to as Vergangenheitsbewältigung or "coming to terms with the past." Chung examines a selection of German responses to the Nazi past, their interaction with the victims' responses, such as those from Jewish individuals, and their correspondence with biblical repentance. In demonstrating the victims' influence on German responses, Chung asserts that the phenomenon of Vergangenheitsbewältigung can best be understood in a relational, rather than a national, paradigm"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages) : illustration Issued also in print |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501707612 9781501712531 |
