Memory, The Jewish Intellectual, and Cartesian Cogito in Amery’s “At the Mind’s Limits”

Title: "Memory, the Jewish Intellectual, and Cartesian Cogito in Jean Amery's at the Mind's Limits" Date: November 9, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Vivaldi Jean-Marie Affiliation: Associate Professor of Philosophy, CUNY; Adjunct Associate of Philosophy and African-American Studies, Columbia University Location: Harvard University Description: 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’s account in "At the Mind’s Limits."