When looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century s catastrophes at the expense of literature s prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in "Futurity "that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilities what he calls...
When looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests th...
2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany. In this half century the relationship of German and Israeli cultures has evolved from one of mutual estrangement to one of mutual fascination. Academic exchange programs, intellectual and artistic collaborations, and the increased mobility of young Germans and Israeli have redefined this relationship in various ways. An important outgrowth of this exchange is the emergence of German-Hebrew Studies. This volume will be the first edited volume dedicated to this young field of scholarship. Essays on...
2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany. In this half century the relationship of German and Israeli...