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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789976403321

Titolo

On Jean Améry [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy of catastrophe / / edited by Magdalena Żółkoś

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-280-65924-6

9786613636171

0-7391-4767-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Classificazione

5,1

CI 1200

GN 2694

Altri autori (Persone)

ŻółkośMagdalena

Disciplina

838/.91409

Soggetti

Authors, German - History and criticism

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

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Améry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's Limits, a narrative of exile, dispossession, torture, and Auschwitz. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in Améry's writings on victimization and resentment, partly attributable to a modern fascination with tolerance, historical injustice, and reconciliatory ambitions. Many aspects of