Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
אלפיים; כתב עת רב-תחומי לעיון, הגות וספרות
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (1991) 223-206
Keywords:
Manetho
;
Historiography
;
Holocaust denial
;
Polemics
Abstract:
Discusses forms in which history has been transmitted from ancient times until the present, history as narrative, and problems arising from the attempt to define what are "facts" and what constitutes "reality". Counter-history is a form of historical narrative used throughout the centuries against opponents, consisting generally of inauthentic narrative, and it is dangerous and destructive. Analyzes examples, such as Manetho against the Jews, Augustine against the Romans, medieval Jewry against Christianity ("Toledoth Yeshu"), Christians against Judaism, Protestants against Catholicism, Marx against liberals and capitalism. Pp. 218-221 discuss the Nazi revisionist view of Jewish history and present-day Holocaust denial. Counter-history attacks the identity of the Other by creating a dangerous false "reality". Concludes that the result must inevitably be the self-destruction of the creator(s) of counter-history because their own identity is based on negation of the enemy. If they win the battle, they will be destroyed together with their victim.
Note:
באנגלית:
,
"Probing the Limits of Representation" (1992) 66-81, and his collection "Perceptions of Jewish History" (1993) 32-49
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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