Lyotard's and Derrida's "Catastrophist phenomenology"
TitoloLyotard's and Derrida's "Catastrophist phenomenology"
Autore
Call number940.5318/0344
Numero oggetto07204i
Luogo di pubblicazioneAmsterdam, Netherlands
EditoreRodopi
Anno di pubblicazione
2001
Paginazionepp169-204
MaterialeArticle
SerieValue inquiry book series ; v. 108
ISBN9042015055
NotesArticle from the book 'Theoretical interpretations of the Holocaust' pp169-204
Descrizione
Representing the Holocaust creates difficulties, first and foremost, because it reverses all traditional, moral, emotional and cognitive expectations. Our means of representation are based upon the presupposition of normal conditions of human action. The language of the event itself is no longer an innocent language, but one that was mobilized to represent an unrepresentable reality