Light from the ashes : social science careers of young Holocaust refugees and survivors /
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| Imprint: | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001. |
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| Description: | x, 446 p. ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9348294 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Shaped by the past, shaping the future / Peter Suedfeld
- pt. 1. The survivors : living through the Holocaust. Crossing the borders of difference / Hadassa Black-Gutman ; The quest for continuity : a personal account of the dubious wisdom of hindsight / Shlomo Breznitz ; Languages of war / Mary Engel ; From Shoah to sinology : a roundabout road / René Goldman ; The uses and limitations of perspective / Martin O. Heisler ; Studying and promoting altruism and studying and working to prevent genocide : the guiding role of early survival / Ervin Staub ; A generalist in search of a specialty / Peter Suedfeld
- pt. 2. The refugees : persecution and escape. Reflections of an internationalist / Henry P. David ; Dignity and dehumanization : the impact of the Holocaust on central themes of my work / Herbert C. Kelman ; Holocaust influences on a refugee : indirect (pervasive) and direct (now you see it, now you don't) / Eric Klinger ; The Holocaust and social science : a personal odyssey / Richard Ned Lebow ; Linking the present and the past : a personal story / Gerda Lederer ; A wandering Jew as a social scientist : the convergence of historical and professional life lines / Jacob Lomranz ; Reflecting on memories and professional pursuits / Roberta S. Sigel ; Remembering the Holocaust : snapshots from a cognitive science perspective / Herbert Weingartner
- pt. 3. Targets of political persecution. Coming full circle : learning from the experience of emigration and ethnic prejudice / Karl W. Butzer ; The impact of a childhood in Nazi Germany / Siegfried Streufert
- pt. 4. Reflections. Loss and renewal / Paul Marcus ; Afterthoughts / Peter Suedfeld.