{"product_id":"history-and-memory-after-auschwitz-conspiracy-cultures-from-outerspace-to-cyberspace-paperback","title":"History and Memory After Auschwitz: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominick LaCapra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relations between memory and history have recently become a subject of contention, and the implications of that debate are particularly troubling for aesthetic, ethical, and political issues. Dominick LaCapra focuses on the interactions among history, memory, and ethicopolitical concerns as they emerge in the aftermath of the Shoah. Particularly notable are his analyses of Albert Camus's novella \u003ci\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, Claude Lanzmann's film \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and Art Spiegelman's \"comic book\" \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e. LaCapra also considers the Historians' Debate in the aftermath of German reunification and the role of psychoanalysis in historical understanding and critical theory. In six essays, LaCapra addresses a series of related questions. Are there experiences whose traumatic nature blocks understanding and disrupts memory while producing belated effects that have an impact on attempts to address the past? Do some events present moral and representational issues even for groups or individuals not directly involved in them? Do those more directly involved have special responsibilities to the past and the way it is remembered in the present? Can or should historiography define itself in a purely scholarly and professional way that distances it from public memory and its ethical implications? Does art itself have a special responsibility with respect to traumatic events that remain invested with value and emotion?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominick LaCapra is Bryce and Edith Bowmar Professor in the Humanities, and Director of the Society for the Humanities, at Cornell University. He is the editor of two books and the author of nine books published by Cornell, including\u003ci\u003e Representing the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.16 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131399934087,"sku":"9780801484964","price":61.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9b940868ca556cadcbb8c3f5e51202b4.webp?v=1732618643","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/history-and-memory-after-auschwitz-conspiracy-cultures-from-outerspace-to-cyberspace-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}