A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo Levi's Thinking - Couverture souple

Giuliani, Massimo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0739107429 ISBN 13 : 9780739107423

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

In A Centaur in Auschwitz, Massimo Giuliani sheds new light on Primo Levi's rational, demythologizing approach to suffering and survival. Whether working in narrative or poetic form, Levi grappled with the ambiguities and complexities of innocence and guilt, triumph and loss. Giuliani presents a powerful new means to understand Levi's thought: employing the neologism of salvaction (conveying 'salvation' through one's own 'action'), Giuliani has developed a 'star of salvaction'? a diagram in the shape of a star of David, in which each of the six points leads to a strategy Levi learned for seeking meaning, and thereby salvation, in the misery of Auschwitz. This unique book, with its concise overview of Levi's expression and development as a writer, reveals Primo Levi for what he was: scientist, intellectual, Jew, and dedicated seeker of the roots of human dignity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Massimo Giuliani is Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Trent, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739107429
• ISBN 13: 9780739107423
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 122
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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