Philosophical witnessing: the Holocaust as presence

Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Represent...

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Main Author: Lang, Berel 1933- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Hanover [u.a.] Univ. Press of New England 2009
Waltham, Mass. Brandeis Univ. Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:Philosophical Witnessing: The Holocaust as Presence, Berel Lang (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England for Brandeis University Press, 2009), 260 pp., cloth 50.00 (2010) (Howland, Jacob)
Series/Journal:The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Уничтожение евреев (мотив) / Иудейская философия
B Философия истории / Коллективная память (мотив) / Этика (мотив)
Further subjects:B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Moral and ethical aspects
B Jewish Philosophy
B Philosophy, Jewish
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
B Good and evil
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Moral and ethical aspects
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Summary:Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Representation and misrepresentation: on or about the Holocaust -- Applied ethics, post-Holocaust -- The Jewish declaration of war against the Nazis -- From the Holocaust to group rights: minorities in a majority world -- Metaphysical racism (or: biological warfare by other means) -- Hyphenated-Jews and the anxiety of identity -- Reconciliation: not revenge, not forgiveness, perhaps not even justice -- Afterword: wound and scar
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-229) and index
ISBN:1584657413