Unprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
TitelUnprecedented: concepts and narratives about mass violence and the Holocaust
Författare
Call number940.5318019/0001
Objektnummer10178d
PubliceringsortNew York, New York, United States
UtgivareRoutledge
Publikationsår
2018
Pagineringpp61-73
MaterialArticle
SeriePsychoanalytic inquiry ; 55
ISBN9781138289383
NotesArticle from the book 'History flows through us : Germany, the Holocaust and the importance of empathy' pp61-73
Beskrivning
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
