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Primo Levi and Humanism after Auschwitz Posthumanist Reflections

Primo Levi and Humanism after Auschwitz Posthumanist Reflections

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.

Keywords

HistoryEuropeModernAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Political ScienceWorldEuropeanMilitaryWorld War IIItaly

2009Book

Author(s)Jonathan Druker

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9781403984333

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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