LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”

<p><em>Learning to pray in the Age of</em> <em>Technique</em> is the last volume of the tetralogy “The Kingdom”, by Gonçalo M. Tavares, which also comprises <em>A man: Klaus Klump</em> (2007), <em>Jerusalem</em> (2006) and <em>Joseph Walser...

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Main Author: Juliana Sá
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2012-04-01
Series:Abril
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paz
Online Access:http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/167
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LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
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title LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
title_short LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
title_full LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
title_fullStr LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
title_full_unstemmed LEARNING TO PRAY IN THE AGE OF TECHNIQUE OR “WAYS OF THINKING PEACE AFTER AUSCHWITZ”
title_sort learning to pray in the age of technique or “ways of thinking peace after auschwitz”
publisher Universidade Federal Fluminense
series Abril
issn 1984-2090
publishDate 2012-04-01
description <p><em>Learning to pray in the Age of</em> <em>Technique</em> is the last volume of the tetralogy “The Kingdom”, by Gonçalo M. Tavares, which also comprises <em>A man: Klaus Klump</em> (2007), <em>Jerusalem</em> (2006) and <em>Joseph Walser’s Machine </em>(2010a) – consists of an excellent representation of the Evils’ Territory dissolution. In the present paper, we present a reading of the novel permeated by the historical documents of Shoah experience, written in the II War Annals, Benjamin’s thesis of the state of exception and the literature of witness. Besides, we evaluate how Tavares covers the barbarie, political violence and the biopolitics themes within the general tetralogy project, which is developed throughout the literary representation.</p>
topic Guerra
literatura
paz
url http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/167
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