Boaz Cohen

Israeli Holocaust Research

Birth and Evolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of Holocaust research in Israel from the late 1940s, its consolidation as an academic subject, and the establishment and development of Yad Vashem. It contextualises this evolution in terms of developments in Europe and the US as well as public discourse on the Holocaust. Drawing on seven years of work in ten major archives in Israel and abroad, the author shows an unknown picture of the way Israeli Holocaust research evolved "from below" and the social and cultural forces influencing its character. He sheds new light on the place of Holocaust survivors in Israeli society and their active contribution to Holocaust research and remembrance well before the Eichmann trial, and re-evaluates the commonplace views on the reception of the Holocaust and its survivors in Israeli public discourse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9780415601054
• ISBN-10: 0415601053
• Artikelnr.: 30364996

Autorenporträt

Boaz Cohen is the Head of the Holocaust Studies Programme of Western Galilee College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part 1: The Emergence of Holocaust Research: Background and Context
1. The Public Nature of Holocaust Research: Holocaust Consciousness in the
Yishuv and Israeli Society from the End of WW2 (1945) to the Eichmann Trial
(1961) Part 2: Forces Influencing Early Holocaust Research 2. Holocaust
Survivors and Holocaust Research 3. Yad Vashem as a Zionist Research
Institute: The Vision of Ben Zion Dinur 4. The Claims Conference and Yad
Vashem Part 3: The Formative Years of Holocaust Research 5. Searching for
Modesof Research and Teaching 6. First Efforts to Institutionalise Research
and Teaching 7. Disputing the Essence of Holocaust Research 8. The 1960s:
Maturation of Holocaust Research Part 4: Consolidation, Change and
Controversy 9. Growth and Progress: Changes in the World of Israeli
Holocaust Research and their Implications 10. The Agenda of Israeli
Holocaust Research 11. Summary and Conclusions