The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-94-6372-202-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1860 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings contains the proceedings of the third international Etty Hillesum Conference, held in Middelburg in September 2018. It brings together the work of 33 experts from all over the world to shed new light on life, works, inspiration and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), one of the victims of the Nazi regime. Hillesum's diaries and letters illustrate her heroic struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Holocaust. This volume revives Hillesum research with a comprehensive rereading of her texts but also by introducing new sources about her life. With the current rise of interest in peace studies, Judaism, the Holocaust, inter-religious dialogue, gender studies and mysticism, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars in a range of disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smelik, Klaas

Smelik, Klaas A.D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Niederländische und Flämische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Introduction, Music as Metaphor in Etty Hillesum's Spirituality, A staretz in Camp Westerbork, Etty Hillesum: Humanity as a Task, Etty Hillesum & Albert Konrad Gemmeker, Now is the Time to Put into Practice: Love Your Enemies, The Cares of the Pagans, Dialogizing Life amidst a Culture of Death, Patience and Hope in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Etty Hillesum, The Girl Who Could Not Kneel, Etty Hillesum and Charlotte Salomon, Wandering Beyond Words, Verbalize, Vocalize, Visualize, A No That Is an Affirmation, From Enclosure to Disclosure, A Story of Individuation in the Writings of Etty Hillesum, Mad Midrash in the Diaries of Etty Hillesum, The Mystery of Encounter, Can Religion Help Heal a World Broken by Trauma?, The Contours of These Times, Etty Hillesum's Hand Analysis, Suffering, Silence, and Wisdom in the Life of Etty Hillesum, Feeding the Soul, Am I Really a Woman?, A Powerless God, New Light on Etty Hillesum's Actions in Camp Westerbork, My Beloved Desk, The Best Place on this Earth, Etty Hillesum's Humanism, Etty Hillesum's Struggle to See Clearly, Present Traces of A Past Existence, Etty Hillesum Bibliography, Index of Names and Subjects, Index of Citations

Über Autor(innen)

Klaas A.D. Smelik (Hilversum 1950) studied Theology, Semitic Languages and Ancient History in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden. He taught Old Testament and Hebrew in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Brussels, Ancient and Jewish History at the K.U. Leuven, and Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ghent University. In 2006, he founded the Etty Hillesum Research Centre (EHOC).