Memory, The Jewish Intellectual, and Cartesian Cogito in Amerys At the Minds Limits

Published: May 18, 2016, 4:16 a.m.

b'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."'