Reading Etty Hillesum in Context : Writings, Life, and Influences of a Visionary Author

The diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914—1943) have a special place among the Jewish-Dutch testimonies of the Shoah, so much so that Etty Hillesum studies has become its own field. This book offers the most important contributions from the past fifteen years of international research into Hillesum’s work and life, studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search. Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. A Short Biography of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) The Diaries 2. To Remember Is to Act 3. Hineinhorchen and Writing War and Persecution 4. Etty Hillesum’s Choice Not to Go into Hiding 5. Agency within Nazi Constraints 6. One Ought to Write a Chronicle of Westerbork 7. The Departure Reading and Writers 8. “Aesthetic Mirrors” 9. “I Keep Being Drawn towards Jung” 10. “To Realize That Life Is Truly Simple” Family and Friends 11. Romance Down by The River IJssel 12. Etty Hillesum, A Devoted Student of Julius Spier 13. “With You, I Have My Anchorage” 14. “Three Times Yes and a Thousand Fold No!” Reception of Hillesum’s Diaries and Letters 15. Etty Hillesum in Jewish Contexts 16. From Separation to Communitas 17. The Invincible Hope of Christian de Chergé and Etty Hillesum 18. Etty Hillesum 19. America in The Shade 20. Perceptions of Etty Hillesum in Japan 21. Saint, Cyber Phenomenon, Thinker, or Poet 22. Bright Orange and Crimson 23. Ulrich Beck and Etty Hillesum 24. Loving-Kindness, Hatred, and Moral Indignation 25. A Woman’s All-Embracing Search of “the Other” Acknowledgements Index of Names and Subjects Index of Citations This book offers eighteen articles from the past fifteen years of international research into work and life of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search. The volume also includes revised ans annotated versions of some of the papers delivered at the Second International Etty Hillesum Congress, organized in January 2014 by the Etty Hillesum Research Centre of Ghent University This book offers the most important contributions from the past fifteen years of international research into Etty Hillesum's work and life, studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search. Klaas Smelik, Gerrit Van Oord, Jurjen Wiersma. Original Publication Details For Individual Chapters: Pages 501-504. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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