Survivor transitional narratives of Nazi-era destruction : the second liberation /

Survivor transitional narratives of Nazi-era destruction : the second liberation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Klein, Dennis B., author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Description:	x, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	A modern history of politics and violence Modern history of politics and violence.
Subject:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics. Historiography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11380380

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ISBN:	9781350037144 1350037141 9781350037151 135003715X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Unseen
1. Traumatic Memories and Historical Memories
Witnesses' accounts after atrocity
Counter-narratives: Omnipotent and impotent
The vocation of counter-narratives
2. Historical Emotions
Narratives of encounters
Ancestral memories
Shock of recognition
3. Narrative Disclosure: Jean Améry
Resentments
Narrative swerves
Possibilities
4. Betrayal and Its Vicissitudes
Mapping betrayal
Counter-narratives of betrayal
Afterlife
5. Critical Forgiveness
The riddle of disproportion
Semantic confusion
Non-ideal forgiveness
6. Deep Transitions: A Conclusion Resisting Finality
Future imperfect
Witnesses and transitions
Conceptual divergence
The negotiable society
Notes
Bibliography
Index