Perverse Memory and the Holocaust

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work.

Autorentext

Jan Borowicz is a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Research Team at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw, Poland. A cultural studies scholar, he has published two books in Polish on the Holocaust history and memory. He is also a certified psychotherapist, a member of Polish Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and a candidate of the Polish Psychoanalytical Society (IPA).

Klappentext

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work.

Zusammenfassung
Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Blurred and the Overlooked 1. Voyeurism: The Polish Bystander Looks with One Eye 2. Fetishism: The Nazi in a Uniform 3. Masochism: Competitive Victimization 4. Sadism: Drastic Returns of the Dead 5. Perverse (Post)Memory Conclusion