The Juridical Unconscious
Author | : Shoshana Felman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674009312 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674009318 |
Rating | : 4/5 (318 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Juridical Unconscious written by Shoshana Felman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an account of the surprising interaction between trauma and justice. Moving from texts by Arendt, Benjamin, Freud, Zola, and Tolstoy to the Dreyfus and Nuremberg trials, and the trials of O. J. Simpson and Adolf Eichmann, Felman argues that the adjudication of collective traumas in the 20th century transformed both culture and law.