Writing History, Writing Trauma

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1400-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society

An updated edition of a major work in trauma studies.

Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic testimonies—notably Holocaust testimonies—assume in thought and in writing. These attempts are addressed in a series of six interlocking essays that adapt psychoanalytic concepts to historical analysis, while employing sociocultural and political critique to elucidate trauma and its aftereffects in culture and in people. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lacapra, Dominick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 2004
Preface to the First Edition
1. Writing History, Writing Trauma
2. Trauma, Absence, Loss
3. Holocaust Testimonies: Attending to the Victim's Voice
4. Prepetrators and Victims: The Goldhagen Debate and Beyond
5. Interview for Yad Vashem (June 9, 1998)
6. Conclusion: Writing (about) Trauma
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lacapra, Dominick
Dominick LaCapra is the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies emeritus at Cornell University. His books include History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence and History, Literature, Critical Theory.