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Foregone Conclusions : Against Apocalyptic History by Michael André Bernstein (1994, Hardcover)

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Apocalyptic history denies the openness and choice available to its actors. An essential contribution to Holocaust studies, this book is also a lucid call to transform the way we read and write history and the way we make sense of our lives.

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520087852

ISBN-139780520087859

eBay Product ID (ePID)719392

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Book TitleForegone Conclusions : Against Apocalyptic History

Number of Pages181 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1994

TopicHolocaust, Political, Jewish

GenrePhilosophy, History

AuthorMichael André Bernstein

Book SeriesContraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight16.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN93-039502

Series Volume Number4

SynopsisIn this passionate and lucid book, Michael Andre Bernstein challenges our practice of 'foreshadowing, ' in which we see our lives as moving toward a predetermined goal or as controlled by fate. Bernstein sees the Holocaust as the prime example of how our tendency to 'foreshadow' and 'backshadow misrepresents history., The author's denunciation of apocalyptic thinking provides a moral, philosophical, and literary challenge to the way most of us make sense of our worlds. In our search for coherence, Bernstein argues, we tend to see our lives as moving toward a predetermined fate. This foreshadowing demeans the variety, the richness, and especially the unpredictability of everyday life. Apocalyptic history denies the openness and choice available to its actors.

LC Classification NumberPN56.H55B47 1994