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OverviewMany books focus on issues of Holocaust representation, but few address why the Holocaust in particular poses such a representational problem. David Patterson draws from Emmanuel Levinas's contention that the Good cannot be represented. He argues that the assault on the Good is equally nonrepresentable and this nonrepresentable aspect of the Holocaust is its distinguishing feature. Utilizing Jewish religious thought, Patterson examines how the literary word expresses the ineffable and how the photographic image manifests the invisible. Where the Holocaust is concerned, representation is a matter not of imagination but of ethical implication, not of what it was like but of what must be done. Ultimately Patterson provides a deeper understanding of why the Holocaust itself is indefinable—not only as an evil but also as a fundamental assault on the very categories of good and evil affirmed over centuries of Jewish teaching and testimony. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David PattersonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438470047ISBN 10: 1438470045 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 02 January 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Photographs Acknowledgments Preface Part I. Reflections on Holocaust Representation and the Nonrepresentable: Theoretical Considerations By Way of a Prologue Naming It Naming Auschwitz Post-Auschwitz Implications for an Understanding of Language The Nonrepresentable and the Murder of the Mother The Silent Scream The Nonrepresentable Site of Silence Naming the Name, the Nameless, and the Assault on the Name The Nonrepresentable Assault on the Nonrepresentable Good The Assault on Time, the Death of Death, and Holocaust Representation A Memory and a Name Part II. The Literary Transcendence of Holocaust Representation: Speaking the Ineffable Opening Thoughts: Epiphany and the Ultimate A Word about Method: Substitution and the Transcendent The Extermination of the Eternal The Annihilation of the Father The Obliteration of the Mother The Collapse of Human Relation The Disintegration of Knowledge The Devastation of the Word The Demolition of Meaning The Desolation of the Soul The Death of Death The Eradication of the Child Part III. The Photographic Transcendence of Holocaust Representation: Revealing the Invisible The Legacy of Lot’s Wife Footprints The Glory under Assault The Mothers of Israel The Child The Face The Edge of the Anti-World The Grave without a Cemetery The Muselmann Selection: No Judge and No Judgment A View from the Gas Chambers Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""This book commands respect, both for the author's immense and intimate knowledge of what has become a vast body of work and for his unconditional commitment to the subject. I am in awe of what I have just read."" — Dorota Glowacka, coeditor of Between Ethics and Aesthetics: Crossing the Boundaries" This book commands respect, both for the author's immense and intimate knowledge of what has become a vast body of work and for his unconditional commitment to the subject. I am in awe of what I have just read. - Dorota Glowacka, coeditor of Between Ethics and Aesthetics: Crossing the Boundaries Author InformationDavid Patterson is Hillel A. Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. His many books include Anti-Semitism and Its Metaphysical Origins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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