Tadeusz Borowski, Walter Benjamin and 'The real state of emergency'
TitleTadeusz Borowski, Walter Benjamin and 'The real state of emergency'
Author
Call number940.5318/0051
Object number10211i
Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
Year of publication
2018
Physical descriptionpp219-239
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780810137660
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies Vol XIII: new approaches to an integrated history of the Holocaust: social history, representation, theory.' pp 219-239
Description
This article offers a comparative analysis of Holocaust writers Walter Benjamin and Tadeusz Borowski. Both writers meditate on the consequences of building a new civilisation on the haunted ruins of an unacknowledged, traumatic past.