9780679759232-0679759239-On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society

On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society

ISBN-13: 9780679759232
ISBN-10: 0679759239
Edition: Reprint
Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 224 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780679759232
ISBN-10: 0679759239
Edition: Reprint
Author: Gertrude Himmelfarb
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 224 pages

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On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society (ISBN-13: 9780679759232 and ISBN-10: 0679759239), written by authors Gertrude Himmelfarb, was published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in 1995. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (Historical Study & Educational Resources, World History, History & Surveys, Philosophy, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.39.

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In these provocative essays, one of our most distinguished historians looks into the abyss of the present. Himmelfarb exposes the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of some of our most fashionable current ideas--and shows how the vogue for historical structuralism has made it possible to trivialize the tragedy of the Holocaust.

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