Philosophical Witnessing : The Holocaust as Presence / Berel Lang.
| Author/creator | Lang, Berel |
| Other author | Project Muse. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, ©2009. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages ). |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered) ^A510892 Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Representation and misrepresentation: on or about the Holocaust -- Applied ethics, post-Holocaust -- The Jewish declaration of war against the Nazis -- From the Holocaust to group rights: minorities in a majority world -- Metaphysical racism (or: biological warfare by other means) -- Hyphenated-Jews and the anxiety of identity -- Reconciliation: not revenge, not forgiveness, perhaps not even justice -- Afterword: wound and scar. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-229) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009006597 |
| ISBN | 9781584658269 |
| ISBN | 1584658266 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |