Ethics in the Aftermath: Rethinking Post-Genocide Representations and Remembrance with Lyotard and Levinas
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Author:
Newman, Kaitlyn Jeanette
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Document Type:
Dissertation
Date of Defense:
May 01, 2020
Committee Members:
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member Claire Mary Colebrook, Outside Member Amy Rebekah Allen, Program Head/Chair
Keywords:
Levinas Lyotard genocide representation
Abstract:
This dissertation examines the role of excess in the accounts of language and subjectivity in the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-François Lyotard and suggests that this concept also affects the way in which we engage with post-genocide representations. It argues that by reconfiguring our understanding of post-genocide aesthetics, we can revolutionize the way these representations are taken up in public memory in order to make spaces of memory more open and inclusive.
