The Shoah and the neighbor: the Holocaust as a trauma of Western thought and Levinas's "post-traumatic" philosophy

This article analyzes the Shoah as a traumatic rupture within the tradition of Western philosophical thought, arguing that the Holocaust necessitates a fundamental reorientation of ethics and subjectivity. Drawing on the phenomenological tradition, particularly the work of Emmanuel Lévinas, the text...

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Main Author: Luksch, Jakub 1996- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 98, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 123-143
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Crisis of Western thought
B Lévinas
B Holocaust
B Shoah
B Judaism
B Responsibility
B Trauma
B Other
B Post-traumatic philosophy
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