The Happy Burden of History: From Sovereign Impunity to Responsible Selfhood

by Clancy Martin, Andrew S. Bergerson, K Scott Baker, et al.

Book Overview

Germans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyday life, our discipline-bound analyses often disguise more than they illuminate. Written by a historian, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110485974
• ISBN13: 9783110485974
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary