"Remembering the Holocaust explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the twentieth century, and what this means. Presenting Jeffrey Alexander's controversial essay that, in the words of Godfrey Hartman, has already become a classic in the Holocaust literature, and following up with challenging and equally provocative responses to it, this book offer a sweeping historical reconstruction of the Jewish mass murder as it evolved in the popular imagination of Western peoples, as well as an examination of its consequences."--Jacket.