Unprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
TitelUnprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
Verfasser
Call number940.5318019/0001
Inventarnummer10178d
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagRoutledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Seitenpp61-73
MaterialArtikel
SeriePsychoanalytic inquiry ; 55
ISBN9781138289383
NotesArticle from the book 'History flows through us : Germany, the Holocaust and the importance of empathy' pp61-73
Beschreibung
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
