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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Chung, C. K. Martin, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2017
2017.
Colección:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages) : illustration
Issued also in print
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index.
ISBN:9781501707612
9781501712531