Jean Améry
Biographic Data
| ID | 1096163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Améry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Améry |
| SIGNATURE | AMÉRY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victim Support |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Der neue Antisemitismus
International audience
Essays on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Left
"In April 1945, Jean Améry was liberated from the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. A Jewish and political prisoner, he had been brutally tortured by the Nazis, and had also survived both Auschwitz and other infamous camps. His experiences during the Holocaust were made famous by his book At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor of Auschwitz and Its Realities. Essays on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Left features a collection of e…
Radical Humanism
Radical Humanism gives English-language readers the opportunity to expand their acquaintance with one of the most penetrating intellects of the postwar era. Philosopher, novelist, activist, and cultural, literary, and political critic, Jean Amery (1912-78) was a man of passionate concerns and interests. The astonishing range of his thought is admirably represented in the twelve essays collected here for the first time. Drawing from Amery's works …
Les Lumières comme philosophia perennis
This article examines the two consecutive approaches to the Shoah found in the works of Günther Anders (1902-1992). First came the poems he wrote during his American exile in which he tries to get close to the experience of the pursued, deported Jews. Then came the approach having to do with the “obsolescence of man,” which situates the Shoah in the philosophical history of the relationship between humans and technology
L'homme enfanté par l'esprit de la violence
The birth of man from the spirit of violence
(2005). The birth of man from the spirit of violence: Frantz Fanon the revolutionary. Wasafiri: Vol. 20, No. 44, pp. 13-18
Jean Améry's Autobiographical Essays
‘Resentments’
Resentimientos
Resentimientos
At the mind's limits
On the Necessity and Impossibility of Being a Jew
At the mind's limits
The birth of man from the spirit of violence
(2005). The birth of man from the spirit of violence: Frantz Fanon the revolutionary. Wasafiri: Vol. 20, No. 44, pp. 13-18
L'homme enfanté par l'esprit de la violence
On the Necessity and Impossibility of Being a Jew
On the Necessity and Impossibility of Being a Jew
At the mind's limits
‘Resentments’
Resentimientos
Resentimientos
Jean Améry's Autobiographical Essays
The birth of man from the spirit of violence
(2005). The birth of man from the spirit of violence: Frantz Fanon the revolutionary. Wasafiri: Vol. 20, No. 44, pp. 13-18
L'homme enfanté par l'esprit de la violence
Les Lumières comme philosophia perennis
This article examines the two consecutive approaches to the Shoah found in the works of Günther Anders (1902-1992). First came the poems he wrote during his American exile in which he tries to get close to the experience of the pursued, deported Jews. Then came the approach having to do with the “obsolescence of man,” which situates the Shoah in the philosophical history of the relationship between humans and technology
Radical Humanism
Radical Humanism gives English-language readers the opportunity to expand their acquaintance with one of the most penetrating intellects of the postwar era. Philosopher, novelist, activist, and cultural, literary, and political critic, Jean Amery (1912-78) was a man of passionate concerns and interests. The astonishing range of his thought is admirably represented in the twelve essays collected here for the first time. Drawing from Amery's works …
Essays on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Left
"In April 1945, Jean Améry was liberated from the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. A Jewish and political prisoner, he had been brutally tortured by the Nazis, and had also survived both Auschwitz and other infamous camps. His experiences during the Holocaust were made famous by his book At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor of Auschwitz and Its Realities. Essays on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Left features a collection of e…
Der neue Antisemitismus
International audience
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Theology (2 works)