Books by Dagmar Herzog

Bringing together the latest findings in Holocaust studies, the history of religion, and the history of sexuality in postwar - and now also postcommunist - Europe, Unlearning Eugenics shows how central the controversies over sexuality, reproduction, and disability have been to broader processes of secularization and religious renewal.

In this pathbreaking work, Dagmar Herzog situates the birth of German liberalism in the religious conflicts of the nineteenth century.

Situates the birth of German liberalism in the religious conflicts of the nineteenth century. This book challenges fundamental assumptions about processes of secularization and religious renewal and about Jewish-Christian relations in German history. It also explores liberals' ensuing eagerness to advance a humanist version of Christianity.

Beginning with an interpretation of the Third Reich's sexual politics and ending with the revisions of Germany's past facilitated by communism's collapse, this book examines the intertwined histories of capitalism and communism, pleasure and state policies, religious renewal and secularizing trends.