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The Forgiveness to Come - The Holocaust and the Hyper-Ethical (Paperback)
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The Forgiveness to Come - The Holocaust and the Hyper-Ethical (Paperback)
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This book is concerned with the aporias, or impasses, of
forgiveness, especially in relation to the legacy of the crimes
against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators
during World War II. Banki argues that, while forgiveness of the
Holocaust is and will remain impossible, we cannot rest upon that
impossibility. Rather, the impossibility of forgiveness must be
thought in another way. In an epoch of "worldwidization," we may
not be able simply to escape the violence of scenes and rhetoric
that repeatedly portray apology, reconciliation, and forgiveness as
accomplishable acts. Accompanied by Jacques Derrida's thought of
forgiveness of the unforgivable, and its elaboration in relation to
crimes against humanity, the book undertakes close readings of
literary, philosophical, and cinematic texts by Simon Wiesenthal,
Jean Amery, Vladimir Jankelevitch, Robert Antelme and Eva Mozes
Kor. These texts contend with the idea that the crimes of the Nazis
are inexpiable, that they lie beyond any possible atonement or
repair. Banki argues that the juridical concept of crimes against
humanity calls for a thought of forgiveness-one that would not
imply closure of the infinite wounds of the past. How could such a
forgiveness be thought or dreamed? Banki shows that if today we
cannot simply escape the "worldwidization" of forgiveness, then it
is necessary to rethink what forgiveness is, the conditions under
which it supposedly takes place, and especially its relation to
justice.
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