Holocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Holocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number364.151/0020
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]07563w
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Boulder, Colorado, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Westview Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1984
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp265-277
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Westview replica edition
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0865318433
NotesArticle from the book 'Toward the understanding and prevention of genocide'pp265-277
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The minimum task of the Holocaust pedagogy is to rediscover the sanctity of life. There is a paradox concerning whether one can or should speak at all of the slaughter. Not only is the adequacy of language undermined, but Auschwitz denies the existence of a rational purpose and a transcendent meaning to life