Theodor W. Adorno, Gunther Anders, and the representation of the end of time: Beckett at Auschwitz
TitelTheodor W. Adorno, Gunther Anders, and the representation of the end of time: Beckett at Auschwitz
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0593
Objectnummer11617d
Plaats van uitgaveLeiden, Netherlands
UitgeverBrill
Jaar van uitgave
2021
Pagina'spp 65-73
MateriaalBoek
NotesArticle from the book 'Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel : "vergangenheitsbewältigung" as a historical quest' pp 65-73
Beschrijving
Discusses the Beckettian representation of the end time at Auschwitz through the works of Adorno and Anders. The main thesis is that Auschwitz is a Beckettian no-mans land, where it is impossible to distinguish between life and death