On Listening to Holocaust Survivors

by Henry Greenspan

Overview

This book takes us into a whole new conceptual realm of sympathetic listening. Greenspan moves us beyond the celebratory and psychiatric discourses that tend to govern the way we think and talk about survivors and enables us to hear them as if for the first time.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013479104
Publisher:	Paragon House Publishers
Publication date:	12/03/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	575 KB

About the Author

Henry Greenspan is a psychologist and playwright at the University of Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

“Throughout this book...theory is encompassed by direct encounters, and these are conveyed with exceptional power and grace. The result is an incomparable work: No one has measured the depths of survivors' accounts more insightfully and discretely, with more scrupulous attention to detail, context, and implication, than Greenspan.”

University of Michigan - Sidney Bolkosky

“Greenspan has raised sympathetic listening to its highest level. The result is a truly important book both powerful and compelling.”

Booklist - American Library Association

"Stunningly brilliant, standard-setting for scholarship in the field, Henry Greenspan’s 2010 version of On Listening to Holocaust Survivors transcends the path-breaking first edition by putting into bold relief the insights that emerge from his more than thirty years of intensive collaboration with Holocaust survivors. By emphasizing the importance of ongoing conversation, rather than one-time testimony, Greenspan challenges conventional wisdom and wisely transforms the process of discern

Center for the Study of the Holocaust - John K. Roth

"This book should be mandatory reading for every oral historian. It is the premier example of sharing authority in the interview--a radical break from the approach of most 'testimony' projects."

Concordia University - Steven High

"In 'On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Beyond Testimony,' Henry Greenspan provides a brilliant analysis of the telling and retelling of survivor accounts, showing that it is very much an ongoing process. The book contains a wealth of insights essential to understanding the dimensions and impact of the Holocaust."

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Jürgen Matthäus