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Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity

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Pourciau, S
Published in: arca
December 19, 2006

Erich Auerbach's has a profoundly pessimistic conclusion. The present paper takes seriously the consequences of the apocalyptic rhetoric therein introduced for Auerbach's humanist historicist project, arguing that Auerbach holds responsible his own brand of secular humanism – whose story his book tells and whose method it implements – for the “Nivellierungseffekt” he so clearly deplores. As an exile on the outskirts of European space and time (Istanbul, 1945), Auerbach possesses a privileged philological perspective from which to synthesize a history nearing its end; the techniques he employs in order to do so, however, are for him complicit in the destruction. The final chapter of , so often considered a weak point of the work, provides a condensed and lyrical account of this predicament.

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arca

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1613-0642

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0003-7982

Publication Date

December 19, 2006

Volume

41

Issue

2

Start / End Page

436 / 460

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Related Subject Headings

  • 2005 Literary Studies
 

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Pourciau, S. (2006). Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity. Arca, 41(2), 436–460. https://doi.org/10.1515/arca.2006.027
Pourciau, Sarah. “Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity.” Arca 41, no. 2 (December 19, 2006): 436–60. https://doi.org/10.1515/arca.2006.027.
Pourciau S. Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity. arca. 2006 Dec 19;41(2):436–60.
Pourciau, Sarah. “Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity.” Arca, vol. 41, no. 2, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Dec. 2006, pp. 436–60. Crossref, doi:10.1515/arca.2006.027.
Pourciau S. Istanbul, 1945 Erich Auerbach's Philology of Extremity. arca. Walter de Gruyter GmbH; 2006 Dec 19;41(2):436–460.
Journal cover image

Published In

arca

DOI

EISSN

1613-0642

ISSN

0003-7982

Publication Date

December 19, 2006

Volume

41

Issue

2

Start / End Page

436 / 460

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Related Subject Headings

  • 2005 Literary Studies