Tadeusz Borowski, Walter Benjamin and 'The real state of emergency'
TitreTadeusz Borowski, Walter Benjamin and 'The real state of emergency'
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0051
N° d'objet10211i
Lieu de publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
Année de publication
2018
Paginationpp219-239
MatérielArticle
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.