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Philosophical witnessing : the Holocaust as presence / Berel Lang

Lang, Berel, 1933-

Hanover [u.a.] : Univ. Press of New England ; Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis Univ. Press [u.a.], 2009

XV, 234 S. ; 24 cm

Englisch

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-229) and index

Rezensiert in: 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 / Jacob Howland, 2010

1-58465-741-3 (cloth : alk. paper); 978-1-58465-741-5 ( : cloth : alk. paper)

2009006597

015329163

9781584657415

OCoLC: 698797767     

OCoLC: 698797767 (aus SWB)     

NB 3300  | NQ 2360      Ähnliche Literatur

D804.3

940.53/1801

Basisklassifikation: 15.96 (Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes außerhalb des Staates Israel)

SSG-Nummer(n): 8; 8,1; 1

*Judenvernichtung ; Jüdische Philosophie      Zum Register

*Geschichtsphilosophie ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Ethik      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence ; Good and evil ; Jewish philosophy

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Moral and ethical aspects ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Influence ; Good and evil ; Philosophy, Jewish

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