The impossible testimony: Celan in Derrida

Authors

  • Ricardo Forster

Abstract

Having as background the events associated to the genocide of the Jews in the Second World War, we will try to analyze the possibility conditions of the historical memory in general, and the testimony to events such as the holocaust, in particular. Following the French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s argument line, we will search in Paul Celan’s poetical work, the necessary elements to overcome the hurdles that hinder our understanding of the existence of revolting event

Author Biography

Ricardo Forster

Doutor em Filosofia, Professor da Universidade de Buenos Aires, autor de numerosos livros na área de Estudos sobre a Modernidade.

Published

2005-01-01

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