Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive
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Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive is a philosophical work by Giorgio Agamben that examines the nature of testimony, memory, and subjectivity in relation to the Holocaust and the Nazi concentration camp system.
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| Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Holocaust studies
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cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| addresses |
concept of inhumanity
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ethical implications of survival ⓘ problem of speaking for others ⓘ relation between law and violence ⓘ |
| author | Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| examines |
notion of the archive
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possibility of bearing witness to extreme violence ⓘ relation between survivor and non-survivor ⓘ structure of testimony ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Auschwitz concentration camp
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concept of the Muselmann ⓘ figure of the witness ⓘ limits of representation ⓘ relation between language and experience ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust studies
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critical theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalApproach |
biopolitics
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deconstruction of subjectivity ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Martin Heidegger
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Primo Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holocaust
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Nazi concentration camps NERFINISHED ⓘ ethics ⓘ memory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ testimony ⓘ witnessing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of the figure of the Muselmann
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contribution to debates on representation of the Holocaust ⓘ theorization of testimony’s limits ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Quel che resta di Auschwitz. L’archivio e il testimone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Homo Sacer project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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