humanity and humanism of Primo Levi
TitreThe humanity and humanism of Primo Levi
Auteur
Call number853.914/0006
N° d'objet07976f
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
EditeurFordham University Press
Année de publication
2011
Paginationpp87-102
MatérielArticle
ISBN9780823233595
NotesArticle from the book "Answering Auschwitz" pp87-102
Description
The distinguishing feature of Levi's account of the Holocaust is the prominence given to the malevalent process of dehumanization. Levi maintains that war is in human nature, but Auschwitz is not. It is 'outside of man'. What he emphasises as being 'unique in history' is not the genocide, but the specifically Nazi program of 'demolishing the human'
