Physical Description
x, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Memory and forgetting. On the verge of history and memory
Ethics, the immemorial, and writing
Pt. II. Writing and the disaster.
"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" : the poetry of forgetful memory in Palestine
Memory and the image in visual representations of the Holocaust
"Thou shalt not bear false witness" : witness and testimony in the Fragments controversy
Pt. III. Memory and the event. Denials of memory
Conflations of memory; of, that they saw at the Holocaust Museum after 9/11
"Difficult freedom" : Levinas, memory, and politics
Conclusion : forgetful memory and the disaster
ISBN
9780791476710
0791476715 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index.
Pt. I. Memory and forgetting. On the verge of history and memory -- Ethics, the immemorial, and writing -- Pt. II. Writing and the disaster. -- "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" : the poetry of forgetful memory in Palestine -- Memory and the image in visual representations of the Holocaust -- "Thou shalt not bear false witness" : witness and testimony in the Fragments controversy -- Pt. III. Memory and the event. Denials of memory -- Conflations of memory; of, that they saw at the Holocaust Museum after 9/11 -- "Difficult freedom" : Levinas, memory, and politics -- Conclusion : forgetful memory and the disaster
