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Artistic expression frequently engages with the question of suffering. In so doing, it confronts the gravity and complexity of the human condition. This volume investigates the relationship between art and suffering. In short, the contributors to this volume collectively demonstrate that suffering is an undisputed and shareable motivating experience.
This collection features original essays that focus on the subject of art and suffering, including topics such as the representation of violence and the intersections of art and human rights. Some of the key questions explored are as follows:
Each essay is complemented by full-color reproductions of artistic works that illustrate the concepts being discussed, including a graphic essay on the topic of "comfort women."
Mark Celinscak is the Louis and Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is a historian of twentieth century Britain and Europe, specializing in war, Holocaust and genocide studies. He is the author of Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp.
Curtis Hutt is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the Founding Executive Director of the UNO Goldstein Center for Human Rights, He is the editor of Jewish Religious and Philosophical Ethics and the author of two books - John Dewey and Ethics of Historical Belief and The Sorrows of Mattidia.
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