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Suffering witness : the quandary of responsibility after the irreparable /

Drawing on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, James Hatley uses the prose of Primo Levi and Taduesz Borowski, as well as the poetry of Paul Celan, to question why witnessing the Shoah is so pressing a responsibility for anyone living in its aftermath. He argues that the witnessing of irreparable lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hatley, James, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Imperative to Witness the Haftling
  • The Scene of Annihilation: Testimony's Ethical Resistance
  • The Transcendence of the Face
  • Testimony and History: The Crisis of Address
  • Witnessing Trauma: Suffering the Perpetrator's Address
  • Blaspheming G-d: Facing the Persecuted
  • Back Matter
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.