Culture and Catastrophe

This book revolves around the intricate interplay between culture and catastrophe. It seeks to engage the various permutations, the complexity and the unresolved dimensions of this connection, especially as it relates to the origins, disposition and aftermath of National Socialism. It examines various German and Jewish responses to Nazism and its roots, and demonstrates the ongoing relevance of that experience to contemporary culture and collective and individual self-definitions.

Zusammenfassung
It examines various German and Jewish responses to Nazism and its roots, and demonstrates the ongoing relevance of that experience to contemporary culture and collective and individual self-definitions.

Inhalt
Preface - Culture and Catastrophe - German Jews Beyond Bildung and Liberalism: The Radical Jewish Revival in the Weimar Republic - 'The Jew Within': The Myth of 'Judaization' in Germany - Nietzsche, Anti-Semitism and Mass-Murder - The German-Jewish Dialogue at its Limits: The Case of Hermann Broch and Volkmar von Zuehlsdorff - Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers: Friendship, Catastrophe and the Possibilities of the German-Jewish Dialogue - Small Forays, Grand Theories and Deep Origins: Current Trends in the Historiography of the Holocaust - Notes - Index