18. Etty Hillesum

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. Introduction 11
5. 1. A Short Biography of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) 23
6. The Diaries
7. 2. To Remember Is to Act 33
8. 3. Hineinhorchen and Writing 51
9. War and Persecution
10. 4. Etty Hillesum’s Choice Not to Go into Hiding 81
11. 5. Agency within Nazi Constraints 103
12. 6. One Ought to Write a Chronicle of Westerbork 143
13. 7. The Departure 157
14. Reading and Writers
15. 8. “Aesthetic Mirrors” 183
16. 9. “I Keep Being Drawn towards Jung” 227
17. 10. “To Realize That Life Is Truly Simple” 245
18. Family and Friends
19. 11. Romance Down by The River IJssel 259
20. 12. Etty Hillesum, A Devoted Student of Julius Spier 273
21. 13. “With You, I Have My Anchorage” 285
22. 14. “Three Times Yes and a Thousand Fold No!” 303
23. Reception of Hillesum’s Diaries and Letters
24. 15. Etty Hillesum in Jewish Contexts 315
25. 16. From Separation to Communitas 333
26. 17. The Invincible Hope of Christian de Chergé and Etty Hillesum 361
27. 18. Etty Hillesum 371
28. 19. America in The Shade 379
29. 20. Perceptions of Etty Hillesum in Japan 395
30. 21. Saint, Cyber Phenomenon, Thinker, or Poet 419
31. 22. Bright Orange and Crimson 431
32. 23. Ulrich Beck and Etty Hillesum 445
33. 24. Loving-Kindness, Hatred, and Moral Indignation 459
34. 25. A Woman’s All-Embracing Search of “the Other” 479
35. Acknowledgements 501
36. Index of Names and Subjects 505
37. Index of Citations 519