Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and Film

The author's starting point is the interweaving of forgiveness and resentment in the works of Jewish writers...
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Author: Idit Alphandary
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Language: English
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Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and Film by Alphandary, Idit

Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and Film

CHF 176.69

Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and Film

CHF 176.69
Author: Idit Alphandary
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The author's starting point is the interweaving of forgiveness and resentment in the works of Jewish writers after the Holocaust, most especially Hannah Arendt and Jean Améry, to make sense of the catastrophe and to point to a way forward for both victims and perpetrators. The insights of these two writers and of several Jewish novelists and poets, including Bruno Schulz, Paul Celan, and Aharon Appelfeld, are used to develop accounts of forgiveness and resentment in other cases of mass atrocity around the world. The author offers a critical rereading of primary sources that aim to separate resentment from nonviolent resistance, and forgiveness from reconciliation. Forgiveness and resentment are not, as they might first appear, mutually exclusive. Together with Arendt, Améry, and Walter Benjamin, it is argued that it is through the interaction between them that victims of mass atrocity become agents of personal and cultural change. Together, forgiveness and resentment interrupt the present, reframe the past, and shape the future. They can reduce the chasm that separates memory and trust by fashioning new connections between identity and alterity, which can open paths to truly ethical coexistence for victims and perpetrators, and their descendants.



Author: Idit Alphandary
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 12/04/2023
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9783111242330

About the Author

Idit Alphandary, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.


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