Holocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
TitelHolocaust: the pedagogy of paradox
Auteur
Call number364.151/0020
Objectnummer07563w
Plaats van uitgaveBoulder, Colorado, United States
UitgeverWestview Press
Jaar van uitgave
1984
Pagina'spp265-277
MateriaalArtikel
ReeksWestview replica edition
ISBN0865318433
NotesArticle from the book 'Toward the understanding and prevention of genocide'pp265-277
Beschrijving
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