Von der Demütigung bis zur Zerstörung des Subjekts : über die Entsubjektivierung in der Shoah / Anna Klieber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klieber, Anna.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Nazi concentration camps--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nazi concentration camps.

Internment camps--Moral and ethical aspects.

Internment camps.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.

National socialism.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

National socialism and philosophy.

Humiliation.

Physical Description:

189 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Wien : Mandelbaum Verlag, [2019]

Summary:

"How can the system of National Socialist concentration camps and the Shoah be understood as a system of de-subjectification? The logic of permanent threats of extermination inscribed in the camps served to exclude the victims from a 'general humanity'. They were robbed of basic freedom of action and control options. In view of the practiced and institutionalized forms of humiliation, it was the Nazis' clear intention to bring about "de-subjectification" among the prisoners. The connection and transition between humiliation and de-subjectification are particularly important. Previous studies have placed a different focus - for example, when Avishai Margalit and Gabriel Motzkin either treat humiliation or Reinhold Aschenberg and Giorgio Agamben primarily speak of the phenomenon of de-subjectification. However, this book argues that in the context of the Shoah, both humiliation and de-subjectification can only be understood in conjunction."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-189).

ISBN:

9783854768388

3854768389

OCLC:

1120735328

Publisher Number:

9783854768388