
Foregone Conclusions
Against Apocalyptic History
Michael Andre Bernstein(Author)
University of California Press
Published on 4. October 1994
Book
Hardback
181 pages
978-0-520-08785-9 (ISBN)
Description
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. Bernstein chooses the Holocaust as the prime example of our tendency toward foregone conclusions. He argues eloquently against politicians and theologians who depict the Holocaust as foreordained and its victims as somehow implicated in a fate they should have been able to foresee. But his argument ranges wider. From recent biographies of Kafka to the Israeli - PLO peace accords, from campus cultural diversity debates to the Crown Heights riots, Bernstein warns against our passive acceptance of historical or personal victimization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth over boards
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-08785-9 (9780520087859)
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