On Looking Into the Abyss

Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb ISBN: 9780307773081
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: December 15, 2010
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb
ISBN: 9780307773081
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: December 15, 2010
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

In these provocative essays, one of our most distinguished historians looks into the abyss of the present. Himmelfarb exposes the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of some of our most fashionable current ideas--and shows how the vogue for historical structuralism has made it possible to trivialize the tragedy of the Holocaust.

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In these provocative essays, one of our most distinguished historians looks into the abyss of the present. Himmelfarb exposes the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of some of our most fashionable current ideas--and shows how the vogue for historical structuralism has made it possible to trivialize the tragedy of the Holocaust.

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