Reflections on Jean Améry - Torture, Resentment, and Homelessness as the Mind’s Limits (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)

This book elaborates Jean Améry’s critique of philosophy and his discussion of some central philosophical themes in At the Mind’s Limits and his other writings. It shows how Améry elaborates the shortcomings and unfitness of philosophical theories to account for torture, the experience of homelessness, and other indignities, and their inability to assist with overcoming resentment. It thus teases out the philosophical import of Jean Améry's critique of philosophy, which constitutes his own philosophical testament of being an inmate at Auschwitz. This book situates At the Mind’s Limits in the context of twentieth-century Continental philosophy. On the one hand, it elaborates Améry’s engagement with key philosophical figures. On the other hand, it shows how thoroughly Améry denounces the limits of the philosophical enterprise, and its impotence in capturing and accounting for the crimes of the Third Reich. 

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	147
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-040546-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	3-03-040546-X
Barcode:	9783030405465

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