Memory, The Jewish Intellectual, and Cartesian Cogito in Amerys At the Minds Limits
Title: "Memory, the Jewish Intellectual, and Cartesian Cogito in Jean Amery's at the Mind's Limits"\n\nDate: November 9, 2015\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Vivaldi Jean-Marie\n\nAffiliation: Associate Professor of Philosophy, CUNY; Adjunct Associate of Philosophy and African-American Studies, Columbia University\n\nLocation: Harvard University \n\nDescription: Dr. Vivaldi Jean-Marie argues that for Jean Amery, Auschwitz rids the intellect of its Western ideals, and reduces it to a playful logical framework, and is therefore representative of the Cartesian Cogito. Jean-Marie goes on to discuss the role of memory in Amery\u2019s account in "At the Mind\u2019s Limits."