Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps Paperback - 1997
by Tzvetan Todorov; Abigail Pollak (Translator); Arthur Denner (Translator)
The Nazi concentration camps and Soviet gulag provide the context for this acclaimed examination of the human capacity for moral life. Drawing on a striking array of documents, Todorov reconstructs a vivid portrait of those who ran the camps and those who suffered their outrages. His complex and profound study restores a lost dimension to an anguished history, even as it offers an eloquent plea for the recognition of everyday virtues as a basis for contemporary morality.
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- Title Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps
- Author Tzvetan Todorov; Abigail Pollak (Translator); Arthur Denner (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 307
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, New York, New York
- Date 1997-04-01
- ISBN 9780805042641 / 0805042644
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Moral and, Totalitarianism - Moral and ethical aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.531
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- New York Times, 05/11/1997, Page 32
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