The Future of the Holocaust

In The Future of the Holocaust, Berel Lang continues his inquiry into the causal mechanisms of decision-making and conduct in Nazi Germany and into responses to the genocide by individuals and nations -- an inquiry that he began in Act and Idea in the Nazi Genocide and pursued in Heidegger's Silence. Raising the question now of what the future of the Holocaust is, he addresses among other topics how history and memory together shape views of the Holocaust; how the concept of "intention" -- which played a crucial part in the events of haft a century ago -- shapes history and memory themselves; and how future views of this genocide may alter those of today.

In addition, Lang explores cultural representations of the "Final Solution" -- from monuments to public school curricula -- within the Jewish and German communities. He analyzes ethical issues concerning such concepts as intention, responsibility, forgiveness, and revenge, and puts forward a theory of the history, of evil which provides a context for the Holocaust both historically and morally. Addressing th

Berel Lang is Professor of Humanities at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He has written ten books, including Heidegger's Silence, also from Cornell, and is the editor of seven others.

Preface

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Introduction: Between History and Memory

1

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PART I. THE HOLOCAUST INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HISTORY

Degrees of Genocide---and Evil

15

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The Progress of Evil: The Past and Future of the Holocaust

26

(14)

Genocide and Omnicide: Technology at the Limits of Ethics

40

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PART II. INTENTION AS ACT: REALIZING THE PAST

Intentions and the ``Final Solution''

65

(12)

The Second Time? The Fifth? The Question of Holocaust-Uniqueness

77

(15)

The Third Reich and the Breakdown of Professional Ethics

92

(13)

Heidegger Recalled

105

(14)

Contra the ``Righteous Gentiles''

119

(10)

PART III. FORGIVENESS AND REVENGE: AS IN THE PRESENT

Reliving or Revoking the Past: Two Views of Forgiveness

129

(13)

Holocaust-Memory and-Revenge: The Presence of the Past

142

(19)

Germany Reunified: The Stigma of Normalcy

161

(13)

Afterword: Lessons to Learn, or What Future for the Holocaust?

174

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Index

195

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The Future of the Holocaust

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