The "Goldhagen Effect": History, Memory, Nazism-Facing the German Past

by Geoff Eley (Editor)

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Genres: History

172 pages, Hardcover

First published November 14, 2000

About the author

Geoffrey Howard Eley is a British-born historian of Germany. He studied History at the Balliol College of Oxford University and received his D.Phil from the University of Sussex in 1974. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the Department of History since 1979 and the Department of German Studies since 1997. He now serves as the Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History at Michigan.

Eley's early work focused on the radical nationalism in Imperial Germany and fascism, but has since grown to include theoretical and methodological reflections on historiography and the history of the political left in Europe.

Reviews

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this on a whim because a girl on a plane suggested I do so. Turned out to be a great suggestion. Really brought down Goldhagen's aggressive self-importance and highlighted the true importance of his book: bringing the debate to the public in a new way. I especially liked one of the essays that focused on de-emphasizing the Milgram experiments as useful for analyzing obedience to authority arguments. This is a somewhat scholarly read, especially compared to Goldhagen's book itself, but is a terrific and tremendous resource (especially all the information that can be gleaned from the footnotes).