ENGAGING THE DISTURBING IMAGES OF EVIL: How do those born after remember Auschwitz?

Tim Cole writes,"Not only is the word 'Auschwitz' virtually synonymous with 'Holocaust' but the word has become virtually synonymous with evil." 'Engaging the Disturbing Images of Evil' is a journey through Auschwitz as those born after remember it. The author explores recent artistic and academic texts and presents her theory of the evolution of research into remembering the Holocaust. She focuses on ?third iteration? research that occurs in the liminal space between history and imagination, an area explored by scholar, James Young. As the author examines how her generation performs the task of engaging with the images of Auschwitz, she searches for an epistemology addressing the images of horror that engage her. She finds that others discuss the arts as integral to this remembering task. The work is a ?performative text? in which the author intends the reader, while reading the work, to sometimes experience Ernst Alphen?s ?Holocaust effect? ? the absence of a people, non-understanding, shock sadness, rage?