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Unprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Unprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318019/0001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10178d
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Routledge
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2018
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp61-73
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Psychoanalytic inquiry ; 55
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9781138289383
NotesArticle from the book 'History flows through us : Germany, the Holocaust and the importance of empathy' pp61-73
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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
