Interpreting Primo Levi Interdisciplinary Perspectives [Hardcover]

The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies.

The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies.

1.Introduction;Minna Vuohelainen
PART I: ETHICS, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION
2.Hope, Shame And Resentment: Primo Levi And Jean Am?ry;Norman Geras
3.The Ethics Of The Gray Zone; Catherine Mooney
4. 'Labour Of Civilization And Peace': Primo Levi Looks At Interpreters And Interpreting;Mirna Cicioni
5. Hatred In The Holocaust Classroom: Reading Primo Levi Affectively Toward Forgiveness;Christina Foisy
PART II: HUMANITY, ANIMALITY AND SCIENCE
6.Humanity, Animality And Philosophy In Primo Levi;Christopher Hamilton
7. Witnessing Animal Suffering: Primo Levi On Animal Experimentation;Damiano Benvegn?
8.The Story Of A Carbon Atom: Primo Levi's Material Science;Judith Woolf
PART III: THE CAMPS: MEMORY AND SPACE
9.Une Histoire Des Odeurs: The Olfactory World In Primo Levi's Narratives;In?s Valle Mor?n
10.The Concentrationary Universe: Primo Levi's Spatial Consciousness;Minna Vuohelainen
11. The Offense Of The Memory: Memory And Metaphor In The Drowned And The Saved;Brian Walter
PART IV: LITERATURE AND INTERTEXT
12. Paper Memories, Inked Genealogies: About Primo Levi's The Search For Roots;Maria Anna Mariani
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