H-Net has just published Richard Steigmann-Gall's review of Daniel Goldhagen's A Moral Reckoning. It will be interesting to see what public discussion follows this book; I suspect it won't be like last time, although it does sound like Goldhagen's tone and approach haven't changed much:
Claiming to be aware of historical contingency and nuance, Goldhagen feels himself freed to go about the rather heavy-handed task of exposing every antisemitic diatribe he can find. For the ethicalist, what follows in the body of this work is stern stuff, and exceptionally convincing. Goldhagen leaves no stone unturned, overwhelmingly laying to rest any lingering claim among historians that the Catholic Church was anything other than a leading propagator of antisemitism throughout modern European history.
Update/correction: Reckoning isn't new; it was published late in 2002. Oh well. Luckily I have H-Net to bring these things to my attention.
Posted by Heather at January 6, 2004 09:05 AM
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