Now comes Haverford College philosopher Jill Stauffer with her important new book, Ethical Loneliness. The subtitle reveals the subject of her enquiry: the injustice of not being heard.
The image for the book jacket is Die Witwe I, from Käthe Kollwitz’s series of woodcuts, Krieg. Below, we offer excerpts from a recent interview with Stauffer, together with other Kollwitz images.
WOMAN WITH A DEAD CHILD, 1903
THE PARENTS, Vladslo German Soldiers’ Cemetery, Vladslo (Belgium), 1932
CALL OF DEATH, 1934
THE WEAVER’S REVOLT
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