Exam and questions; you come in, take a sheet with 3 questions.
You have 3 possibilities:
- Answer all three questions on the sheet
- Answer 2, and replace one of the three by another question from the list
- Answer 2, formulate your own question. (here, if you choose your own, you can bring written prep for this one)
Grossman
The camps are a kind of metaphor for society; they are an expression of modern rationality and the technicity of society. Grossman makes a difference between the great ideas of the good and everyday little goodness between people.
“Holy fool” - somebody who refused to be complicit in the gas chambers.
“Great ideas” that direct our actions; as a result they can cause a great amount of pain and misery.