Holocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
TitleHolocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
Author
Call number364.151/0020
Object number07563w
Place of publicationBoulder, Colorado, United States
PublisherWestview Press
Year of publication
1984
Physical descriptionpp265-277
MaterialArticle
Series titleWestview replica edition
ISBN0865318433
NotesArticle from the book 'Toward the understanding and prevention of genocide'pp265-277
Description
The minimum task of the Holocaust pedagogy is to rediscover the sanctity of life. There is a paradox concerning whether one can or should speak at all of the slaughter. Not only is the adequacy of language undermined, but Auschwitz denies the existence of a rational purpose and a transcendent meaning to life
