Suffering witness: the quandry of responsibility after the irreparable
TitleSuffering witness: the quandry of responsibility after the irreparable
Author
Call number940.5318/0186
Object number05637
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherState University of New York Press
Year of publication
2000
Physical description268p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleSUNY series in aesthetics and the philosophy of art
ISBN0791447065
Description
Drawing on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Hatley uses the prose of Primo Levi and Tadeusz Borowski, as well as the poetry of Paul Celan, to question why witnessing the Shoah is so pressing a responsibility for anyone living in its aftermath
