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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462093003321

Autore

Hatley James <1949->

Titolo

Suffering witness [[electronic resource] ] : the quandary of responsibility after the irreparable / / James Hatley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000

ISBN

0-7914-9195-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

SUNY Series in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Disciplina

940.53/18

Soggetti

Holocaust survivors - Psychology

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Moral and ethical aspects

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. 249-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""