The Forgiveness to Come: The Holocaust and the Hyper-Ethical

by Peter Jason Banki

Book Overview

This book is concerned with the aporias, or impasses, of forgiveness, especially in relation to the legacy of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Banki argues that, while forgiveness of the Holocaust is and will remain impossible, we cannot rest upon that impossibility. Rather, the impossibility of forgiveness must be thought in another way. In an epoch of "worldwidization," we may not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823278646
• ISBN13: 9780823278640
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Modern Language Initiative
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"