Beyond the conceivable : studies on Germany, Nazism, and the Holocaust / Dan Diner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diner, Dan, 1946-

Series:

Weimar and now ; 20.

Weimar and now ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--History and criticism.

Memory--Social aspects--Germany.

Memory.

Nationalism--Germany.

Nationalism.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The major essays of Dan Diner, who is widely read and quoted in Germany and Israel, have been collected in this English edition. They reflect the author's belief that the Holocaust transcends traditional patterns of historical understanding and requires and epistemologically distinct approach.

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. On the Brink of Dictatorship; 2. Knowledge of Expansion: On the Geopolitics of Karl Haushofer; 3. Norms for Domination: Nazi Legal Concepts of World Order; 4. The Catastrophe before the Catastrophe:; 5. The Limits of Reason; 6. Beyond the Conceivable; 7. Historical Understanding and Counterrationality; 8. On Rationality and Rationalization; 9. Historical Experience and Cognition; 10. Varieties of Narration; 11. Nazism and Stalinism; 12. Cumulative Contingency; 13. On Guilt Discourse and Other Narrations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-272) and index.

ISBN:

9780520920842

0520920848

9781597344920

1597344923

OCLC:

475928183