1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458426303321

Autore

Reiter Andrea Ilse Maria <1957->

Titolo

Narrating the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / Andrea Reiter ; translated by Patrick Camiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum in association with the European Jewish Publication Society, 2000

ISBN

1-281-29452-7

9786611294526

1-84714-422-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Continuum Collection

Disciplina

809/.93358

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Psychological aspects

Nazi concentration camps in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Communication; 2 Genre; 3 Coming to terms with experience through language; 4 The narrative of lived reality; 5 Text and meaning: from experience to report; 6 Summary; Epilogue: the Holocaust seen through the eyes of children; Notes on the concentration camp authors; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index of concentration camp authors

Sommario/riassunto

In this literary study of memoirs describing at first hand the horrors of German concentration camps, the principal question asked is: How did the survivors find the words to talk about experiences hitherto unknown, even unimaginable? Beyond being a mere analysis of discourse, Narrating the Holocaust reflects the situations in camp that triggered these responses, and shows how the professional authors adapted certain literary genres (e.g. the travel story, the Hassidic tale) to serve as models for communication, while the vast majority who were not trained as writers merely used the form of th



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484149603321

Autore

Welch John R

Titolo

Moral Strata : Another Approach to Reflective Equilibrium / / by John R. Welch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-08013-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, , 0921-3384 ; ; 49

Disciplina

10

170

519

658.40301

Soggetti

Ethics

Operations research

Decision making

Mathematics

Social sciences

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1 Discursive Strata -- Chapter 2 Saving the Moral Phenomena -- Chapter 3 Comparative Decision Theory -- Chapter 4 Working with Moral Means -- Chapter 5 Securing Our Moral Ends -- Chapter 6 Remedies for Reflective Disequilibrium -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume recreates the received notion of reflective equilibrium. It reconfigures reflective equilibrium as both a cognitive ideal and a method for approximating this ideal. The ideal of reflective equilibrium is restructured using the concept of discursive strata, which are formed by sentences and differentiated by function. Sentences that perform the same kind of linguistic function constitute a stratum. The book shows how moral discourse can be analyzed into phenomenal, instrumental, and teleological strata, and the ideal of reflective equilibrium reworked



in these terms. In addition, the work strengthens the method of reflective equilibrium by harnessing the resources of decision theory and inductive logic. It launches a comparative version of decision theory and employs this framework as a guide to moral theory choice. It also recruits quantitative inductive logic to inform a standard of inductive cogency. When used in tandem with comparative decision theory, this standard can aid in the effort to turn the undesirable condition of reflective disequilibrium into reflective equilibrium.