The Forgiveness to Come (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Fordham University Press, New York, 2017

0823278654 / 9780823278657

Series: Book 11 of 13 - Just Ideas

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Paperback. This book is concerned with the aporias, or impasses, of forgiveness, especially in relation to the legacy of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Banki argues that, while forgiveness of the Holocaust is and will remain impossible, we cannot rest upon that impossibility. Rather, the impossibility of forgiveness must be thought in another way. In an epoch of "worldwidization," we may not be able simply to escape the violence of scenes and rhetoric that repeatedly portray apology, reconciliation, and forgiveness as accomplishable acts. Accompanied by Jacques Derrida's thought of forgiveness of the unforgivable, and its elaboration in relation to crimes against humanity, the book undertakes close readings of literary, philosophical, and cinematic texts by Simon Wiesenthal, Jean Amery, Vladimir Jankelevitch, Robert Antelme and Eva Mozes Kor. These texts contend with the idea that the crimes of the Nazis are inexpiable, that they lie beyond any possible atonement or repair.Banki argues that the juridical concept of crimes against humanity calls for a thought of forgiveness-one that would not imply closure of the infinite wounds of the past. How could such a forgiveness be thought or dreamed? Banki shows that if today we cannot simply escape the "worldwidization" of forgiveness, then it is necessary to rethink what forgiveness is, the conditions under which it supposedly takes place, and especially its relation to justice. Examines the debate on forgiveness in relation to the Holocaust. Discusses Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower, Jean Ameiry's At the Mind's Limits, Vladimir Jankeileivitch's Forgiveness, Robert Antelme's The Human Race and Forgiving Doctor Mengele on Eva Mozes Kor in the light of Jacques Derrida's concept of forgiveness of the unforgivable. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Title
The Forgiveness to Come (Paperback)
Author
Peter Jason Banki
Publisher
Fordham University Press, New York
Publication year
2017
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0823278654
ISBN 13
9780823278657
Series
Book 11 of 13: Just Ideas

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