Perverse Memory and the Holocaust - A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work.

List of contents

Introduction: The Blurred and the Overlooked 1. Voyeurism: The Polish Bystander Looks with One Eye 2. Fetishism: The Nazi in a Uniform 3. Masochism: Competitive Victimization 4. Sadism: Drastic Returns of the Dead 5. Perverse (Post)Memory Conclusion

About the author

Jan Borowicz is a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Research Team at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw, Poland. A cultural studies scholar, he has published two books in Polish on the Holocaust history and memory. He is also a certified psychotherapist, a member of Polish Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and a candidate of the Polish Psychoanalytical Society (IPA).

Product details

• Authors: Jan Borowicz
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032360515
• ISBN: 978-1-032-36051-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Memory Studies: Global Constellations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Europe, Cultural Studies, Eastern Europe, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Literary theory, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis