The Holocaust and the revival of psychological history / Judith M. Hughes, University of California, San Diego.

Author/creator Hughes, Judith M. author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionxi, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Collective memory--Germany.

Contents Hitler -- Nazi Germany and the Jews -- Willing executioners -- Examinations of conscience -- A battle with truth.
Abstract "Why did men and women in one of the best educated countries in the Western world set out to get rid of Jews? In this book, Judith M. Hughes focuses on how historians' efforts to grapple anew with matters of actors' meanings, intentions, and purposes have prompted a return to psychoanalytically informed ways of thinking. Hughes makes her case with fine-grained analyses of books by Hugh Trevor-Roper, Ian Kershaw, Daniel Goldhagen, Saul Friedlander, Christopher Browning, Jan Gross, Hannah Arendt and Gitta Sereny. All of the authors pose psychological questions; the more astute among them shed fresh light on the Holocaust - without making the past any less disturbing"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageText in English.
LCCN 2014020940
ISBN9781107056824 (hardback)
ISBN1107056829 (hardback)
ISBN9781107690448 (paperback)
ISBN1107690447 (paperback)
Standard identifier# 40024266333

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks D804.348 .H84 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold