The essay explores the epiphanic qualities of trauma in Jean Améry's account of torture. For
Améry, torture emerges as a site of revelation in which a fundamental gap is exposed …

At the center of the following essay is an analysis of At the Mind's Limits by Jean Améry––
philosopher and survivor of Auschwitz. The essay tries to define and refine, via comparison …

Rather, the reason for the shift was, in Gordon's words, that “torture 'is starting to feel a little
trite.... The idea of physical coercion or torture is no longer a novelty or surprise.'” 4 The title …

In his account of torture, Jean Améry describes not only the act of torture and the experience
of the person being tortured, but also the torturers themselves, with their particular …

Jean Améry's testimony to the dilemmas of surviving the Holocaust provide an opportunity to
investigate a key question for victims of state-sponsored violence: How, after experiences of …

In the second essay, Améry describes the torture he suffered at Breendonk and the mental
and psychological effects it had on him. At the heart of this essay is its author's trust in the …

In order to understand Jean Améry's work in all its complexity, it is necessary to
acknowledge that he was a person of numerous conflicting identities. This results in …

The topic of resentment has experienced a resurgence recently in various fields (philosophy
of race, moral psychology, transitional justice, critical theory and political philosophy). The …

My interest in Jean Améry's At the Mind's Limits was inspired by a graduate course,“Ethics
after Auschwitz”, at the New School for Social Research. The course was an advanced …

On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and
complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian …