In this Book
- Philosophical Witnessing: The Holocaust as Presence
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
summary
In this volume, eminent scholar Berel Lang brings the perspective of philosophical analysis to bear on issues related to the Holocaust. Setting out from a conception of philosophical “witnessing” that expands and illuminates the standard view of the witness, he confronts the question of what philosophy can add to the views of the Holocaust provided in other disciplines. Drawing on the philosophical areas of political theory, ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history, he draws attention especially to the post-Holocaust emphasis on the concepts of genocide and “group rights.” Lang’s study, which emphasizes the moral choices that now face post-Holocaust thought, inspires the reader to think of the Holocaust in new ways, showing how its continued presence in contemporary consciousness affects areas of thought and practice not directly associated with that event.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Part I: The Holocaust at Philosophy's Address
- Part II: Vs. the Unspeakable, the Unshowable, and the Unthinkable
- 7. Applied Ethics, Post-Holocaust
- pp. 112-124
- Part III: The Presence as Future
- Afterword: Wound and Scar
- pp. 203-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9781584658269
Related ISBN(s)
9781584657415
MARC Record
OCLC
646815630
Pages
234
Launched on MUSE
2012-07-31
Language
English
Open Access
No