The Conflagration Of Community
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Author |
: J. Hillis Miller |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2011-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226527239 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226527239 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Conflagration of Community by : J. Hillis Miller
“After Auschwitz to write even a single poem is barbaric.” The Conflagration of Community challenges Theodor Adorno’s famous statement about aesthetic production after the Holocaust, arguing for the possibility of literature to bear witness to extreme collective and personal experiences. J. Hillis Miller masterfully considers how novels about the Holocaust relate to fictions written before and after it, and uses theories of community from Jean-Luc Nancy and Derrida to explore the dissolution of community bonds in its wake. Miller juxtaposes readings of books about the Holocaust—Keneally’s Schindler’s List, McEwan’s Black Dogs, Spiegelman’s Maus, and Kertész’s Fatelessness—with Kafka’s novels and Morrison’s Beloved, asking what it means to think of texts as acts of testimony. Throughout, Miller questions the resonance between the difficulty of imagining, understanding, or remembering Auschwitz—a difficulty so often a theme in records of the Holocaust—and the exasperating resistance to clear, conclusive interpretation of these novels. The Conflagration of Community is an eloquent study of literature’s value to fathoming the unfathomable.
Author |
: John A. Buehrens |
Publisher |
: Beacon Press |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2020-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807024058 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807024058 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Conflagration by : John A. Buehrens
A dramatic retelling of the story of the Transcendentalists, revealing them not as isolated authors but as a community of social activists who shaped progressive American values. Conflagration illuminates the connections between key members of the Transcendentalist circle—including James Freeman Clarke, Elizabeth Peabody, Caroline Healey Dall, Elizabeth Stanton, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, and Margaret Fuller—who created a community dedicated to radical social activism. These authors and activists laid the groundwork for democratic and progressive religion in America. In the tumultuous decades before and immediately after the Civil War, the Transcendentalists changed nineteenth-century America, leading what Theodore Parker called “a Second American Revolution.” They instigated lasting change in American society, not only through their literary achievements but also through their activism: transcendentalists fought for the abolition of slavery, democratically governed churches, equal rights for women, and against the dehumanizing effects of brutal economic competition and growing social inequality. The Transcendentalists’ passion for social equality stemmed from their belief in spiritual friendship—transcending differences in social situation, gender, class, theology, and race. Together, their fight for justice changed the American sociopolitical landscape. They understood that none of us can ever fulfill our own moral and spiritual potential unless we care about the full spiritual and moral flourishing of others.
Author |
: Greg Bankoff |
Publisher |
: University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages |
: 419 |
Release |
: 2012-01-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780299283834 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0299283836 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flammable Cities by : Greg Bankoff
In most cities today, fire has been reduced to a sporadic and isolated threat. But throughout history the constant risk of fire has left a deep and lasting imprint on almost every dimension of urban society. This volume, the first truly global study of urban conflagration, shows how fire has shaped cities throughout the modern world, from Europe to the imperial colonies, major trade entrepôts, and non-European capitals, right up to such present-day megacities as Lagos and Jakarta. Urban fire may hinder commerce or even spur it; it may break down or reinforce barriers of race, class, and ethnicity; it may serve as a pretext for state violence or provide an opportunity for displays of state benevolence. As this volume demonstrates, the many and varied attempts to master, marginalize, or manipulate fire can turn a natural and human hazard into a highly useful social and political tool.
Author |
: Howard Copeland Hill |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 592 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B297887 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Community Life and Civic Problems by : Howard Copeland Hill
Author |
: P. Salvan |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2016-01-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137282842 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137282843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Community in Twentieth-Century Fiction by : P. Salvan
This book focuses on the imaginary construction and deconstruction of human communities in modern and contemporary fiction. Drawing on recent theoretical debate on the notion of community (Nancy, Blanchot, Badiou, Esposito), this collection examines narratives by Joyce, Mansfield, Davies, Naipaul, DeLillo, Atwood and others.
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: |
Publisher |
: Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 206 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781596520172 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1596520175 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Allen County Kentucky Family History by :
Author |
: Stephen J. Pyne |
Publisher |
: UBC Press |
Total Pages |
: 581 |
Release |
: 2011-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780774840279 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0774840277 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Awful Splendour by : Stephen J. Pyne
Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 1921 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112089546680 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fire Protection Service by :
Author |
: Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 992 |
Release |
: 1915 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:HXH1NM |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (NM Downloads) |
Synopsis Journal of the Western Society of Engineers by : Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.)
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 412 |
Release |
: 1920 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112066923480 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |