Suffering witness: the quandry of responsibility after the irreparable
TitreSuffering witness: the quandry of responsibility after the irreparable
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0186
N° d'objet05637
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
Année de publication
2000
Pagination268p.,index,bibliography
MatérielLivre
SérieSUNY series in aesthetics and the philosophy of art
ISBN0791447065
Description
Drawing on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Hatley uses the prose of Primo Levi and Tadeusz Borowski, as well as the poetry of Paul Celan, to question why witnessing the Shoah is so pressing a responsibility for anyone living in its aftermath
