On Jean Améry: Philosophy of Catastrophe

by Magdalena Zolkos

On Jean Am ry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Am ry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Am ry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's Limits, a narrative of exile, dispossession, torture, and Auschwitz. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in Am ry's writings on victimization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073914765X
• ISBN13: 9780739147658
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"