History and Memory after Auschwitz (Paperback, New)

The relations between memory and history have recently become a subject of contention, and the implications of that debate are particularly troubling for aesthetic, ethical, and political issues. Dominick LaCapra focuses on the interactions among history, memory, and ethicopolitical concerns as they emerge in the aftermath of the Shoah. Particularly notable are his analyses of Albert Camus's novella The Fall, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah, and Art Spiegelman's "comic book" Maus. LaCapra also considers the Historians' Debate in the aftermath of German reunification and the role of psychoanalysis in historical understanding and critical theory. In six essays, LaCapra addresses a series of related questions. Are there experiences whose traumatic nature blocks understanding and disrupts memory while producing belated effects that have an impact on attempts to address the past? Do some events present moral and representational issues even for groups or individuals not directly involved in them? Do those more directly involved have special responsibilities to the past and the way it is remembered in the present? Can or should historiography define itself in a purely scholarly and professional way that distances it from public memory and its ethical implications? Does art itself have a special responsibility with respect to traumatic events that remain invested with value and emotion?

General

Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Dominick LaCapra
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8014-8496-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Promotions
LSN:	0-8014-8496-0
Barcode:	9780801484964

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