The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2019

The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings

Edited by: Klaas A.D. Smelik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048550173

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About this book

This book brings together the work of 33 experts from all over the world to shed new light on life, works, inspiration and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), one of the victims of the Nazi regime.

Author / Editor information

Smelik Klaas A.D. :

Klaas A.D. Smelik (Hilversum 1950) studied Theology, Semitic Languages and Ancient History in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden. He taught Old Testament and Hebrew in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Brussels, Ancient and Jewish History at the K.U. Leuven, and Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ghent University. In 2006, he founded the Etty Hillesum Research Centre (EHOC).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Music as Metaphor in Etty Hillesum’s Spirituality Nancy J.P. Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
A “staretz” in Camp Westerbork The Connections Between Slavic Orthodoxy and the Spirituality of Etty Hillesum Fernando Arriero Peranton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Etty Hillesum: Humanity as a Task Emilio Baccarini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Etty Hillesum & Albert Konrad Gemmeker A Twofold Analysis of the Perpetration of the Westerbork Commander Lotte Bergen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
“Now is the Time to Put into Practice: Love Your Enemies” Several Notes on Hillesum’s “Love for Enemies” in Levenskunst Ria van den Brandt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
The Cares of the Pagans The Reading of Matthew 6:25-34 by Søren Kierkegaard and Etty Hillesum Pierre Bühler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Dialogizing Life amidst a Culture of Death Etty Hillesum, Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor and Nazi Reductionism John Cartner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Patience and Hope in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Etty Hillesum Stephen Cherry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
The Girl Who Could Not Kneel Etty Hillesum and the Turn Inward Marja Clement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Etty Hillesum and Charlotte Salomon Pregnancy as a Theme in Their Lives and Works Denise de Costa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Wandering Beyond Words Etty Hillesum and Clarice Lispector Patricia Couto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
“Verbalize, Vocalize, Visualize” Creative Death and Performative Writing in the Testimonies of Hillesum and Levi Maria Essunger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
A “No” that Is an Affirmation Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil Against the Laws of Force Laura Fasani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
From Enclosure to Disclosure Images of the Self in Etty Hillesum’s Diary Sara Gomel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
A Story of Individuation in the Writings of Etty Hillesum A Jungian Perspective Maribeth Kallemeyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Mad Midrash in the Diaries of Etty Hillesum Marc P. Lalonde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
The Mystery of Encounter Poetry and Faith After Auschwitz in the Work of Paul Celan and Etty Hillesum Ulrich Lincoln Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Can Religion Help Heal a World Broken by Trauma? Etty Hillesum as Our Ancestor in the Qahal Goyim William McDonough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
The Contours of These Times Etty Hillesum as Chronicler of Love Transcending Hate in Her Times, for Our Time, for All Time Barbara Morrill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Etty Hillesum’s Hand Analysis The Prologue to Her Diaries Alexandra H. M. Nagel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Suffering, Silence, and Wisdom in the Life of Etty Hillesum Rosana E. Navarro Sánchez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Feeding the Soul Etty Hillesum’s Pedagogical and Spiritual Path Maria Gabriella Nocita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Am I Really a Woman? A Question About Female Identity in Etty Hillesum William Augusto Peña Esquivel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
A Powerless God Etty Hillesum and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Maria Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
New Light on Etty Hillesum’s Actions in Camp Westerbork Bettine Siertsema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
“My Beloved Desk, the Best Place on this Earth” Etty Hillesum Says Goodbye to Her Familiar Surroundings Klaas A. D. Smelik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Etty Hillesum’s Humanism Ethical, Philosophical and Theological Comments Jurjen Wiersma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Etty Hillesum’s Struggle to See Clearly A Story of Two Worlds Patrick Woodhouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
Present Traces of a Past Existence Through the Lens of Photography Lucrezia Zanardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
Etty Hillesum Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Works on Etty Hillesum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Index of Names and Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
Index of Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 500
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
Keywords: Etty Hillesum; Holocaust; Spirituality; Diaries

eBook

Published: October 24, 2019
ISBN: 9789048550173