The Liquidation of Exile

Kettler (Social Studies, Bard College, New York; emeritus, political and cultural studies, Trent U., Ontario, Canada) was born in Germany in 1930, and moved to the US in 1940, as part of the "second wave" generation of refugees from Nazi Germany. He begins by offering a multifaceted exploration of the concept of exile and its "rich and contested history as a concept in political, literary, and religious reflection." In subsequent chapters he discusses Nina Ruginstein's exile studies, Hans Mayer, Franz L. Neumann, and Erich Kaler. He devotes a chapter to a genre he calls "First Letters"--"written as soon as possible after the war by refugees from Nazi Germany to someone known to them earlier who had remained in Germany during the Hitler years." The final chapter is an "autobiographical exercise." The book is distributed by Books International, Inc. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Kettler was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1930, and moved to the USA in 1940 as a member of the “second wave” generation of refugees from Nazi Germany. His publications extend across the fields of political theory, law and society, sociology, cultural studies and intellectual history. He is Research Professor in Social Studies at Bard College in New York, as well as Professor Emeritus in Political Studies and Cultural Studies at Trent University in Ontario.