Banal evil and useless knowledge: Hannah Arendt and Charlotte Delbo on evil after the Holocaust
TitelBanal evil and useless knowledge: Hannah Arendt and Charlotte Delbo on evil after the Holocaust
Verfasser
Call number940.5318/0361
Inventarnummer07499h
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagPalgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Seitenpp119-132
MaterialArtikel
ISBN9780230614925
NotesArticle from the book "The double binds of ethics after the Holocaust: salvaging the fragments" pp119-132
Beschreibung
Ethical responses to the Holocaust face two temptations: to mythologize evil, or to domesticate suffering. Deals with how we want to put as much distance as possible between us and the horrors of the Holocaust, while wanting to draw nearer to those who suffer, and reduce their suffering
