Desolation and enlightenment : political knowledge after total war, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust

315 Pages·2003·1.75 MB·English

by  Katznelson

Desolation and Enlightenment
THE LEONARD HASTINGS SCHOFF MEMORIAL LECTURES
Desolation and Enlightenment
POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE AFTER TOTAL WAR,
TOTALITARIANISM, AND THE HOLOCAUST
Ira Katznelson
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Katznelson, Ira.
Desolation and enlightenment : political knowledge after total war, totalitiarianism, and the
Holocaust / Ira Katznelson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–231–11194–0
1. Political science—Philosophy. 2. Human behavior—Philosophy. 3. Political psychology. 4.
Political sociology. 5. World politics—1945–1989. 6. War (Philosophy). 7. International relations—
Philosophy. 8. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945). 9. Jews—Public opinion—History. I. Title.
JA71 .K35 2002 200231579
301’.01—dc21
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Illustration:
El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.
(The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters).
Los caprichos, plate 43.
Photo courtesy of Museo del Prado
For Emma,
who grows as she runs
UNIVERSITY SEMINARS
Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures The University Seminars at Columbia University
sponsor an annual series of lectures, with the support of the Leonard Hastings Schoff and
Suzanne Levick Schoff Memorial Fund. A member of the Columbia faculty is invited to deliver
before a general audience three lectures on a topic of his or her choosing. Columbia University
Press publishes the lectures.
DAVID CANNADINE
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1993
CHARLES LARMORE
The Romantic Legacy
1994
SASKIA SASSEN
Sovereignty Transformed: States and the New Transnational Actors
1995
ROBERT POLLACK
The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith: Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical
Science
2000
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
One: Beyond the Common Measure
Two: The Origins of Dark Times
Three: A Seminar on the State
Four: A New Objectivity
Index