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Article: Catastrophe and Meaning: The Holocaust and the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
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- September 22, 2005
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Catastrophe and Meaning: The Holocaust and the Twentieth Century, by Moishe Postone and Eric Santner. Chicago and London. University of Chicago Press, 2003. 272 pp. $25.00.
Catastrophe and Meaning is an exceptionally important and useful compilation of essays that revisit and sometimes rethink the critical issues connected with our understanding of the Holocaust and German History. It is the result of a November 1998 conference at the University of Chicago that focused on four central debates regarding scholarly approaches to the Holocaust. The text reflects this fourfold division: History, Antisemitism and the Holocaust; The Holocaust and the Twentieth Century; ...