The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-94-6372-202-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum’s Writings contains the proceedings of the third international Etty Hillesum Conference, held in Middelburg in September 2018. It brings together the work of 33 experts from all over the world to shed new light on life, works, inspiration and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), one of the victims of the Nazi regime. Hillesum’s diaries and letters illustrate her heroic struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Holocaust. This volume revives Hillesum research with a comprehensive rereading of her texts but also by introducing new sources about her life. With the current rise of interest in peace studies, Judaism, the Holocaust, inter-religious dialogue, gender studies and mysticism, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars in a range of disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smelik, Klaas A.D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Anderson, Nancy

Arriero, Fernando

Baccarini, Emilio

Bergen, Lotte

van den, Ria

Buehler, Pierre

Cartner, John

Cherry, Stephen

Clement, Marja

de, Denise

Couto, Patricia

Essunger, Maria

Fasani, Laura

Luisarife, Maria

Gomel, Sara

Kallemeyn, Maribeth

LaLonde, Marc

Lincoln, Ulrich

McDonough, William

Morrill, Barbara

Nagel, Alexandra

Gabriella, Maria

Siertsema , Bettine

Wiersma, Jurjen

Patrick, Canon

Zanardi, Lucrezia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Niederländische und Flämische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Music as Metaphor in Etty Hillesum's Spirituality Nancy J.P. Anderson, A "staretz" in Camp Westerbork. The Connections Between Slavic Orthodoxy and the Spirituality of Etty Hillesum Fernando Arriero Peranton Etty Hillesum: Humanity as a task Emilio Baccarini Etty Hillesum & Albert Konrad Gemmeker. A Twofold Analysis of the Perpetration of the Westerbork Commander Lotte Bergen "Now is the Time to Put into Practice: Love Your Enemies". Several Notes on Hillesum's "Love for Enemies" in Levenskunst Ria van den Brandt The Cares of the Pagans. The Reading of Matthew 6:25-34 by Søren Kierkegaard and Etty Hillesum Pierre Bühler Dialogizing Life amidst a Culture of Death. Etty Hillesum, Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor and Nazi Reductionism. John Cartner Patience and Hope in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Etty Hillesum Stephen Cherry The Girl Who Could Not Kneel. Etty Hillesum and the Turn Inward Marja Clement Etty Hillesum and Charlotte Salomon. Pregnancy as a Theme in Their Lives and Works Denise de Costa Wandering beyond words. Etty Hillesum and Clarice Lispector Patricia Couto "Verbalize, Vocalize, Visualize". Creative Death and Performative Writing in the Testimonies of Hillesum and Levi Maria Essunger A "No" That Is an Affirmation. Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil Against the Laws of Force Laura Fasani From enclosure to disclosure. Images of the Self in Etty Hillesum's Diary Sara Gomel A Story of Individuation in the Writings of Etty Hillesum. A Jungian Perspective Maribeth Kallemeyn Mad Midrash in the Diaries of Etty Hillesum Marc P. Lalonde The Mystery of Encounter. Poetry and Faith After Auschwitz in the Work of Paul Celan and Etty Hillesum Ulrich Lincoln Can Religion Help Heal a World Broken by Trauma? Etty Hillesum as Our Ancestor in the Qahal Goyim William McDonough The Contours of These Times. Etty Hillesum as Chronicler of Love Transcending Hate in Her Times, for Our Time, for All Time Barbara Morrill Etty Hillesum's Hand Analysis. The Prologue to Her Diaries Alexandra H.M. Nagel Suffering, Silence, and Wisdom in the Life of Etty Hillesum Rosana E. Navarro Sánchez Feeding the Soul. Etty Hillesum's Pedagogical and Spiritual Path Maria Gabriella Nocita Am I Really a Woman? A Question About Female Identity in Etty Hillesum. William Augusto Peña Esquivel A Powerless God. Etty Hillesum and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Luisa Ribeiro Ferreira New light on Etty Hillesum's Actions in Camp Westerbork Bettine Siertsema "My Beloved Desk, The Best Place on this Earth". Etty Hillesum Says Goodbye to her Familiar Surroundings Klaas A.D. Smelik Etty Hillesum's Humanism. Ethical, Philosophical and Theological Comments Jurjen Wiersma Etty Hillesum's Struggle to See Clearly. A Story of Two Worlds Patrick Woodhouse Present Traces of A Past Existence. Through the Lens of Photography Lucrezia Zanardi Etty Hillesum Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects Index of Citations

Über Autor(innen)

Smelik, Klaas A.D.
Klaas A.D. Smelik (Hilversum 1950) studied Theology, Semitic Languages and Ancient History in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden. He taught Old Testament and Hebrew in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Brussels, Ancient and Jewish History at the K.U. Leuven, and Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ghent University. In 2006, he founded the Etty Hillesum Research Centre (EHOC).