Sinossi Edith Stein fu una filosofa ebrea tedesca che si convertigrave; al cattolicesimo e successivamente divenne monaca carmelitana. In occasione della rappresaglia per le proteste del clero olandese in merito al trattamento degli ebrei; fu deportata ad Auschwitz; uccisa; canonizzata dalla Chiesa Cattolica e infine dichiarata santa e compatrona drsquo;Europa. Questo dramma di finzione; che si svolge ad Auschwitz; presenta la visita di un suo vecchio compagno dellrsquo;universitagrave;; che la invita a collaborare alla creazione delle basi di una nuova dottrina religiosa funzionale al regime nazista.In seguito al suo rifiuto; viene inviata alla camera a gas e al forno crematorio. Edith Stein e la sua terribile parabola esistenziale riassumono le peculiaritagrave; essenziali della peggiore tragedia del XX secolo: il nazismo.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book feels like a museum.By Mariya M.I hate; hate; hate this book! Unless you are an art major; the book is close to impossible to read. The author included so much jargon!Loved everything she had to say (well; keep in mind; its just her opinion) but the book feels like a museum - its "public" but its not inclusive. It makes the everyday person feel like the book is not written for him/her. Just like a museum. Its there; open for everybody but only the "elite" goes there. Everybody else feels out of place. This is what this book feels like. How ironic to write a book abut public art and make the book feel like a museum! . Unless you have a degree in arts and are familiar with the jargon - this book will make you feel illiterate.The vocabulary... oh; the vocabulary...1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By annonymousThis is a really great book if you want to generally learn about public art and the major issues that concern it. I bought this text for a class I am taking on public art; and it was a really helpful introduction into the topic.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book for an important area of 21st century artBy O. F. SmithThis book is a required read for anyone interested in contemporary art; pubic art; aesthetics and/or the history of modern/contemporary art. It is very well written and highly readable and provides both insight and substance for both the novice and the expert alike. The approach taken by Knight is an insightful and significant one. This book gives an important reevaluation of public art as not just a place/art of monuments and site based works but as a key and active aesthetic ground in which the varied interest (public/private); functions (monument/aesthetic statement); audiences (general population/art world); and cultural frames and references (popular culture/ fine art); make for aesthetic and cultural proving ground. One of my most important realizations from reading Krauses book is that rather than being a kind "no persons land;" which is neither important for the art world nor for the public; public art is one of the most important categories of art production today. And for this insight alone the book is well worth the price and I intend to use this book in several of my graduate level college studio art classes. I recommend it to one and all.
