Sprache:
Deutsch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik
Angaben zur Quelle:
42,4 (1997) 408-416
Schlagwort(e):
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
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Antisemitism History 1933-1945
Kurzfassung:
Defends Goldhagen’s book and justifies the awarding of the Democracy Prize to him in 1997. The broad public reception of the book cannot be explained merely by the masses’ demand for oversimplified explanations. It reflects the need of the new generation of Germans for an ethical-political self-understanding. Goldhagen’s book is not condemnatory but explanatory; it has nothing to do with the conception of "collective guilt". The question of the rootedness of antisemitism in German culture of this period transcends the boundaries of such a study as Goldhagen’s and calls for more profound study. It is clear, however, that antisemitism was a factor in the Holocaust. States that Goldhagen deserves Germans’ thanks for strengthening their ability to adopt another view of the past.
Anmerkung:
Appeared in English in "Common Knowledge" 6,3 (1997) 1-9, and in "Unwilling Germans? The Goldhagen Debate" (1998) 263-273. Appeared in Spanish as "Goldhagen y el uso público de la historia; por qué el Premio Democracia para Daniel Goldhagen?" in "Los alemanes, el Holocausto y la culpa colectiva" (1999) 205-216.
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