The Twilight of Reason : Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer and Levinas Tested by the Catastrophe

Academic Studies Press

The Twilight of Reason: Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer and Levinas Tested by the Catastrophe\nby Orietta Ombrosi\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Orietta Ombrosi\nTitle: The Twilight of Reason: Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer and Levinas Tested by the Catastrophe\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: The Holocaust\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781644696675\nISBN-10: 1644696673\nRRP: \u00A324.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThink of the disaster\"" is the first injunction of thought when faced with the disaster that struck European Jews during the Shoah. 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 .