Overview
The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered brings together leading authorities in a transnational, international, and supranational study of Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Israelis in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem in 1961. The essays in this important new collection span the disciplines of history, film studies, political science, sociology, psychology, and law. Contributing scholars adopt a wide historical lens, pushing outwards in time and space to examine the historical and legal influence that Adolf Eichmann and his trial held for Israel, West Germany, and the Middle East. In addition to taking up the question of what drove Eichmann, contributors explore the motivation of prosecutors, lawyers, diplomats, and neighbouring countries before, during, and after the trial ended. The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered puts Eichmann at the centre of an exploration of German versus Israeli jurisprudence, national Israeli identities and politics, and the conflict between German, Israeli, and Arab states.
Full Product Details
Author: Rebecca Wittmann
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781487508494
ISBN 10: 1487508492
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 25 October 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Tertiary & Higher Education
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.
Reviews
"""This excellent collection of essays revisits the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann from disciplinary perspectives ranging from law to history to psychology to film studies."" -- Norman J.W. Goda, University of Florida * <em>Central European History</em> * “By offering multifaceted views on the former aspects, the volume does an excellent job in summarizing an ever more complex subject of Holocaust studies.” -- Thomas Kühne * <em>Clark University German Studies Review</em> *"
This groundbreaking collection will importantly serve to liberate the canonic Eichmann trial from the monopolistic control exerted by Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem. We come away from Wittmann's volume with a fresh appreciation and an enriched understanding of the preeminent trial to address the crimes of the Holocaust. - Lawrence R. Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College This must-read book concerns an event that was significant in its own right and remains a touchstone of debate over the weightiest matters: the Holocaust, the motivation of perpetrators of genocide, and the functions of the law in politics and in coming to terms with mass atrocity. Substantial but not bulky, intelligent but accessible, Rebecca Wittmann's excellent volume brings together a range of perspectives by a fine cast of scholars. - Donald Bloxham, Richard Pares Professor of European History, University of Edinburgh
This groundbreaking collection will importantly serve to liberate the canonic Eichmann trial from the monopolistic control exerted by Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem. We come away from Wittmann's volume with a fresh appreciation and an enriched understanding of the preeminent trial to address the crimes of the Holocaust. - Lawrence R. Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College This must-read book concerns an event that was significant in its own right and remains a touchstone of debate over the weightiest matters: the Holocaust, the motivation of perpetrators of genocide, and the functions of the law in politics and in coming to terms with mass atrocity. Substantial but not bulky, intelligent but accessible, Rebecca Wittmann's excellent volume brings together a range of perspectives by a fine cast of scholars. - Donald Bloxham, Richard Pares Professor of European History, University of Edinburgh
""This excellent collection of essays revisits the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann from disciplinary perspectives ranging from law to history to psychology to film studies."" -- Norman J.W. Goda, University of Florida * <em>Central European History</em> * “By offering multifaceted views on the former aspects, the volume does an excellent job in summarizing an ever more complex subject of Holocaust studies.” -- Thomas Kühne * <em>Clark University German Studies Review</em> *
Author Information
Rebecca Wittmann is an associate professor of History at the University of Toronto.
