| Primo Levi and Humanism After Auschwitz: Posthumanist Reflections 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Druker, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349539899 ISBN-13: 9781349539895 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Series: Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.49 lbs) 173 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Italy - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This innovative study reassesses Primo Levi's Holocaust memoirs in light of the posthumanist theories of Adorno, Levinas, Lyotard, and Foucault and finds causal links between certain Enlightenment ideas and the Nazi genocide. |