Portion of title |
Lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom |
Contents |
Introduction -- Memory -- Otherness -- Faith and doubt -- Madness and rebellion -- Activism -- Beyond words -- Witness -- Postscript. |
Abstract |
"[Elie Wiesel] taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger--devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend--takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself--a primer on educating against indifference, on the urgency of memory and individual responsibility, and on the role of literature, music, and art in making the world a more compassionate place."--Dust jacket flap. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Burger, Ariel. Witness. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9781328804075 |
Genre/form | Biography. |
LCCN | 2018006868 |
ISBN | 9781328802699 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 1328802698 (hardcover) |