History and Memory After Auschwitz: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace

by Dominick LaCapra

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801484960
• ISBN13: 9780801484964
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher