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RISING FROM THE RUINS RISING FROM THE RUINS Reason, Being, and the Good after Auschwitz GARTH JACKSON GILLAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by State University of New York Press, Albany ©1998 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246 Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gillan, Garth, 1939- Rising from the ruins : reason, being, and the good after Auschwitz / Garth Jackson Gillan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-3733-7 (hc : alk. paper). - ISBN 0-7914-3734-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Life. 2. Reason. 3. Ontology. 4. Good and evil. 5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-lnfluence. I. Title. BD435.G46 1998 128-dc21 97-35889 elP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Johanna, Rebecca, Daniel, Susannah, Jonathan, and Miriam contents Preface lX Introduction 1 1. Violence and Language 25 2. Death and Ontology 49 3. The Politics of Rupture 65 4. The Ethics of Heteronomy 87 5. The Redemption of Reason 109 Postscript 127 Notes 129 Index 135 I would like to acknowledge the editorial assistance of Mr. Gary Mullen who undertook the task of finding and checking references and serving as a sounding board.
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