History and Memory After Auschwitz: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace Contributor(s): LaCapra, Dominick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801484960 ISBN-13: 9780801484964 Publisher: Cornell University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - General |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 97-41845 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1550(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.02" W x 9.16" L (0.73 lbs) 232 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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? |
Contributor Bio(s): LaCapra, Dominick: - Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Literature and Bowmar Professor Emeritus of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including History, Literature, Critical Theory; History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; and History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory. |
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