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Witnessing Witnessing - On The Reception Of Holocaust Survivor Testimony

by Thomas Trezise
RM22.69 MYR
Witnessing Witnessing - On The Reception Of Holocaust Survivor Testimony - Thryft
Witnessing Witnessing - On The Reception Of Holocaust Survivor Testimony - Thryft

Listening for silenced voices in Holocaust literature.

Witnessing Witnessing is an insightful examination of the reception of Holocaust survivor testimony. By questioning the notion that traumatic experiences are intrinsically unspeakable, the book challenges current theories about trauma representation and sheds new light on the ethical and aesthetic considerations of testimonial reception. The book emphasizes the importance of listening to ourselves and one another, to hear the voices of real historical victims and amplify them. Recommended for those interested in the Holocaust and trauma studies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Witnessing Witnessing - On The Reception Of Holocaust Survivor Testimony

by Thomas Trezise
RM22.69 MYR
ISBN: 9780823244492
Authors: Thomas Trezise
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Date of Publication: 2013-09-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Sociology, Philosophy
Related Topics: European History, Social Justice, Social Issues, History, Social Justice, History, Theory
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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.Referring at length to videotaped testimony and to texts by Charlotte Delbo, Primo Levi, and Jorge Semprun, the book aims to make these voices heard. In doing so, it clarifies the problems that anyone receiving testimony may encounter and emphasizes the degree to which listening to survivors depends on listening to ourselves and to one another.Witnessing Witnessing seeks to show how, in the situation of address in which Holocaust survivors call upon us, we discover our own tacit assumptions about the nature of community and the very manner in which we practice it.
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Listening for silenced voices in Holocaust literature.

Witnessing Witnessing is an insightful examination of the reception of Holocaust survivor testimony. By questioning the notion that traumatic experiences are intrinsically unspeakable, the book challenges current theories about trauma representation and sheds new light on the ethical and aesthetic considerations of testimonial reception. The book emphasizes the importance of listening to ourselves and one another, to hear the voices of real historical victims and amplify them. Recommended for those interested in the Holocaust and trauma studies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.