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The twilight of reason :

1936235757

9781936235759

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The twilight of reason :

[Book]

W. Benjamin, T.W. Adorno, M. Horkheimer and E. Levinas, tested by the catastrophe /

by Orietta Ombrosi ; translated from French by VIctoria Aris

Brighton, MA :

Academic Studies Press,

2012

xv, 215 p. ;

24 cm

Emunot

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215)

Prelude: the nostalgia of Odysseus -- Facing Behemoth -- On the threshold: Walter Benjamin -- Interlude: a philosophy of testimony -- Thoughts of exile: Theodor W Adorno and Max Horkheimer -- "The presentiment and the memory of the Nazi horror": Emmanuel Levinas

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"'Think of the disaster' is the first injunction of thought when faced with the disaster that struck European Jews during the period of Hitler's rule. Thinking of the disaster means understanding why the Shoah was able to occur in civilized Europe, moulded by humane reason and the values of progress and enlightenment. It means thinking of a possibility for philosophy's future. Walter Benjamin, who wrestled with these problems ahead of time, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer and Emmanuel Levinas had the courage, the strength and the perception - and sometimes simply the desperation - to think about what had happened. Moved by indignation and the desire to testify, they felt the urgent need to address the cries of agony of Auschwitz's victims in their thinking."--Publisher's website

Crépuscule de la raison.

English

Adorno, Theodor W.,1903-1969

Benjamin, Walter,1892-1940

Horkheimer, Max,1895-1973

Lévinas, Emmanuel

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Philosophy, Modern-- 20th century

Ombrosi, Orietta

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