The Politics of Repressed Guilt

The Tragedy of Austrian Silence

von Claudia Leeb

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and Theodor W. Adorno, this book illustrates the relevance and applicability of a political discussion of guilt and democracy. It appropriates psychoanalytic theory to analyse court documents of Austrian Nazi perpetrators as well as recent public controversies surrounding Austria's involvement in the Nazi atrocities and ponders how the former agents of Hitlerite crimes and contemporary Austrians have dealt with their guilt. Exposing the defensive mechanisms that have been used to evade facing involvement in Nazi atrocities, Leeb considers the possibilities of breaking the cycle of negative consequences that result from the inability to deal with guilt. Leeb shows us that only by guilt can individuals and nations take responsibility for their past crimes, show solidarity with the victims of crimes, and prevent the emergence of new crimes.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Strukturen und Prozesse Totalitarismus und Diktatur
• ISBN: 9781474452182
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2019
• Größe: 232 x 154 mm
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press