Philosophical Witnessing: The Holocaust as Presence
Brandeis University Press, 2009
eISBN: 978-1-58465-826-9 | Cloth: 978-1-58465-741-5
Library of Congress Classification D804.3.L3573 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.531801
eISBN: 978-1-58465-826-9 | Cloth: 978-1-58465-741-5
Library of Congress Classification D804.3.L3573 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.531801
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
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