Aversion And Erasure: The Fate Of The Victim After The Holocaust

The recent concept that suffering is central to identity and that Jewish suffering under Nazism is iconic of modern evil has dominated public discourse since the 1980s. Dean argues that we believe the rational contestation of grievances in democratic societies is being replaced by the proclamation of injury and the desire to be a victim.

• | Author: Carolyn J. Dean
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1501705636
• | ISBN-13: 9781501705632