Witnessing witnessing on the reception of Holocaust survivor testimony / Thomas Trezise.

Author/creator Trezise, Thomas, 1953-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxvi, 313 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Holocaust survivors--Psychology.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma.

Contents Introduction -- Frames of reception -- Trauma and theory -- Art after Auschwitz, again -- Theory and testimony -- The survivor as other -- Conclusion.
Abstract Witnessing Witnessing focuses critical attention on those who receive the testimony of Holocaust survivors. Questioning the notion that traumatic experience is intrinsically unspeakable and that the Holocaust thus lies in a quasi-sacred realm beyond history, the book asks whether much current theory does not have the effect of silencing the voices of real historical victims. It thereby challenges widely accepted theoretical views about the representation of trauma in general and the Holocaust in particular as set forth by Giorgio Agamben, Cathy Caruth, Berel Lang, and Dori Laub. It also reconsiders, in the work of Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas, reflections on ethics and aesthetics after Auschwitz as these pertain to the reception of testimony"-- Publisher website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-302) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013038363
ISBN9780823244485 (cloth : alk. paper)
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ISBN9780823244492 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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