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The Ethics and Religious Philosophy of Etty Hillesum
The Ethics and Religious Philosophy of Etty Hillesum contains the proceedings of the second international Etty Hillesum Congress at Ghent University in January 2014 and is a joint effort by fifteen Hillesum experts to shed new light on the life, works 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. With the current rise of interest in peace studies, Judaism, the Holocaust, inter-religious dialogue, gender studies and mysticism, it is evident that this book will be invaluable to students and scholars in various disciplines.
The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum
In The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum Meins G.S. Coetsier breaks new ground by demonstrating the Jewish existential nature of Etty Hillesum’s spiritual and cultural life in light of the writings of Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Hillesum’s diaries and letters, written between 1941 and 1943, illustrate her struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Second World War and the Shoah. By finding God under the rubble of the horrors, she rediscovers the divine presence between humankind, while taking up responsibility for the Other as a way to embrace justice and compassion. In a fascinating, accessible and thorough study, Coetsier dispels much of the confusion that assails readers when they are exposed to the bewildering range of Christian and Jewish influences and other cultural interpretations of her writings. The result is a convincing and profound picture of Etty Hillesum's path to spiritual freedom.
Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum
Much of the previous scholarship on Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) was done by individual scholars within the analyses of their fields. After the proceedings of the international Etty Hillesum Congress at Ghent University in November 2008, this Congress volume is the first joined effort by more than twenty Hillesum experts worldwide. It is an absorbing account of international scholarship on the life, works, and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum, whose life was shaped by the totalitarian Nazi regime. Hillesum’s diaries and letters illustrate her heroic struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of World War II. Building on new interest in theology, philosophy, and psychology, this book revives Hillesum research with a comprehensive rereading of both her published works and lesser-known secondary discourses on her life. The result is fascinating. With the current explosion of interest in inter-religious dialogue, peace studies, Judaism, the holocaust, gender studies, and mysticism, it is clear that this Congress volume will be invaluable to students and scholars in various disciplines.
From Big Bang to Big Mystery
Everyone knows about the 'mystery' of the Big Bang - what started it? This book is about the other 'creation mystery' - where did human beings, in particular, come from? It traces the material part of our origins from the Big Bang through evolution, including the almost 7 million year hominid sequence up to the first humans in Africa over 150,000 years ago. That data doesn't seem to explain what paleontologists and archaeologists call 'the Big Bang of Human Consciousness.' In his fascinating, accessible and thorough study, renowned priest and academic Brendan Purcell shows the complementarity that scientists, theologians, and philosophers bring to a deeper understanding of the mystery of human existence and human consciousness.
Etty Hillesum
The diaries and letters of the Dutch-Jewish Etty Hillesum (Middelburg 1914-Auschwitz 1943) have received worldwide attention and have inspired many readers. This book offers a transparent and concise introduction to the thought and life of Etty Hillesum. It succeeds in evoking Hillesum's testimony of life through the reflection on her crucial themes and the use of many impressive citations from her diaries and letters. (Series: Adjustment - Self-Assertion - Resistance / Anpassung - Selbstbehauptung - Widerstand -- Vol. 36)
Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1880-2010
This first-of-its-kind anthology offers the English-speaking readers a unique chance to become acquainted with the leading Dutch and Flemish women writers since the 1880s. Covering a representative range of public and private genres from poetry, criticalessays, travel literature and political commentary to diaries and journals, the fifty-six texts are arranged chronologically and are accompagnied by brief introductions, chronologies, and brief guides to the authors and works. An important contribution to our understanding of modern European literary canon and the long march of feminist history and literature. (Dutch ed.: "Schrijvende vrouwen", 978-90-8964-216-5).
Composing Dissent
The 1960s saw the emergence in the Netherlands of a generation of avant-garde musicians with a pronounced commitment to social and political engagement. This book presents the Dutch experience as an exemplary case study in the complex and conflictual encounter of the musical avant-garde with the decade's currents of social change.
W. G. Sebald
The novelist, poet, and essayist W. G. Sebald (1944 – 2001) was perhaps the most original German writer of the last decade of the 20th century (“Die Ausgewanderten”, “Austerlitz”, “Luftkrieg und Literatur”). His writing is marked by a unique ‘hybridity’ that combines characteristics of travelogue, cultural criticism, crime story, historical essay, and dream diary, among other genres. He employs layers of literary and motion picture allusions that contribute to a sometimes enigmatic, sometimes intimately familiar mood; his dominant mode is melancholy. The contributions of this anthology examine W. G. Sebald as narrator and pensive observer of history. The book includes a previously unpublished interview with Sebald from 1998.
The search for meaning in later life
The search for meaning in later life: An empirical exploration of religion and death draws on thorough qualitative and quantitative research among older Dutch adults. The scarcity of vital narratives of ageing and the fragmentation of religious `grand narratives' appear to complicate their search for meaning. Moreover, increased longevity and the medicalisation of death challenge many older adults to decide about the right timing of death. This study qualitatively and quantitatively explores narratives of ageing and of religion expressed by older Dutch adults and their attitudes toward death, euthanasia and life prolongation.
Geen moment verloren
Deze publicatie is een vriendenboek dat wordt aangeboden aan Klaas A.D. Smelik naar aanleiding van zijn emeritaat. Hij was tot 2015 als professor verbonden aan de Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van het Nabije Oosten en Noord-Afrika van de Universiteit Gent. Zijn werkterrein – de Hebreeuwse Bijbel, het Jodendom en de nalatenschap van Etty Hillesum – was wijdvertakt en heeft velen geïnspireerd. Dat blijkt uit de essays in dit boek, die verspreid zijn over drie delen: Hebreeuwse Bijbel, Etty Hillesum en Varia. Ze zijn een uiting van waardering, een royaal boeket bloemen, een beeld ontleend aan ‘Ik zal je alle bloemen brengen’, het essay van Ria van den Brandt. Het lukte Smelik in 1986 de geannoteerde uitgave van alle dagboekcahiers en brieven van Etty Hillesum voor elkaar te krijgen. ‘Wat zou Etty Hillesum van dit alles hebben gevonden?’, vraagt Van den Brandt zich af. Misschien zou zij uit dankbaarheid een enorme bos bloemen voor Klaas Smelik hebben gekocht. Dat mocht niet zo zijn. De essays van Geen moment verloren trekken de aandacht om hun taalvaardigheid, wetenschappelijkheid en wereldwijsheid. Zij zullen de lezers bekoren als een anemoon, hyacint, lupine, roos, tulp,…
