Unprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
TitelUnprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
Forfatter
Call number940.5318019/0001
Objektnummer10178d
UdgivelsesstedNew York, New York, United States
UdgiverRoutledge
Udgivelsesår
2018
Pagineringpp61-73
MaterialeArticle
SeriePsychoanalytic inquiry ; 55
ISBN9781138289383
NoterArticle from the book 'History flows through us : Germany, the Holocaust and the importance of empathy' pp61-73
Beskrivelse
Examines the use of the concept of 'unprecedented' to capture traumatic experiences that defy expression in everyday language. Suggests that using this term became a means of connecting the catastrophe to earlier incidences of mass violence in an effort to create empathy for the survivors
