1st Edition

Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide

By Paul R. Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs Copyright 2011
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar’s background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters, and analyse each thinker’s contributions to the field. Key figures discussed range from historians... Read more
Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide 

Biography

Paul R. Bartrop is an honorary fellow in the Faculty of Arts at Deakin University, Australia, and head of the Department of History at Bialik College in Melbourne. His publications for Routledge include The Genocide Studies Reader with Samuel Totten (2009).

Steven L. Jacobs is Associate Professor and Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama, USA. His most recent book is Confronting Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2009).

"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty." -- J. A. Drobnicki, CHOICE (September 2011)

'This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in studying genocide and the Holocaust, either professionally or in some other less formal way.' - Emily Budick, The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, 17:6, p837 2012