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Jun 18, 2024 · As I lay in bed in self-imposed internment, away from the spring bloom, I encountered this passage from late Holocaust survivor Jean Améry’s essay on torture from his 1966 collection, At the Mind’s Limits. It resonated with me, personally and politically, and I immediately transcribed it in full.
1 day ago · Jean Améry became convinced that anti-Zionism was an updated version of the antisemitism he experienced as a Holocaust survivor. In a 1969 essay, he argues that the anti-Zionists of his time may not have ill intentions against all Jews, but their intentions are irrelevant.
Jun 17, 2024 · Jean Améry, having learned that Palestinians were being tortured in Israeli prisons, wrote: “Where barbarism begins, even existential commitments must end” (Améry et al., Citation 2021, p. 75). Améry was an Austrian-Jewish Auschwitz survivor, who until then was deeply committed to the idea of a Jewish state.
Jun 22, 2024 · This is exemplified by recourse to the famous memoirs of Jean Améry, which reveal a philosophically revealing experiential connection between human rights on the one hand and human dignity on the other.
- Arnd Pollmann
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3 days ago · Jean Améry beschäftigt sich in dem Band mit dem linken Antisemitismus und dessen Auswüchsen. In den "Radiogeschichten" hören Sie Auszüge aus den Essays "Der neue Antisemitismus" und "Der...
Jun 21, 2024 · The article "Jean Améry and the Time of Resentment" by Ilit Ferber, published in 2023, offers an in-depth analysis of Jean Améry's essay "Resentments" from the perspective of temporality. The key points of the article are as follows:
Jun 25, 2024 · In recognising that Max was a "damaged" man, Miller came to recognise the truth in Jean Amery's conclusion that "Whoever has succumbed to torture can no longer feel at home in the world."["At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a survivor on Auschwitz and its realities."]
