Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi's Science and Humanism after the Fall

Contents

c o n t e n t s Preface vii Prologue Answering Auschwitz: Levi’s Science and Humanism as Antifascism stanislao g. pugliese 1 Part One Psychology, Theology, and Philosophy 1. ‘‘Warum?’’ joram warmund 17 2. Guilt or Shame? amy simon 31 3. Primo Levi and the Concept of History johan åhr 41 4. Kenosis, Saturated Phenomenology, and Bearing Witness marie l. baird 56 5. After Auschwitz: What Is a Good Death? timothy pytell 67 Part Two Humanism and Politics 6. The Humanity and Humanism of Levi joseph farrell 87 7. Levi and the Two Cultures jonathan druker 103 8. The Partisan and His Doppelganger: The Case of Primo Levi ilona klein 114 9. Primo Levi in the Public Interest: Turin, Auschwitz, Israel risa sodi 127 v vi Contents Part Three Literature 10. Primo Levi’s Struggle with the Spirit of Kafka massimo giuliani 137 11. Ethics and Literary Strategies sara vandewaetere 147 12. Literary Encounters and Storytelling Techniques elizabeth scheiber 156 13. Primo Levi and the History of Reception william mcclellan 169 14. Autobiography and the Narrator nancy harrowitz 177 Part Four Reflections on Writing 15. Writing Against the Fascist Sword fred misurella 193 16. ‘‘Singoli Stimoli’’: Primo Levi’s Poetry nicholas patruno 200 17. Primo Levi’s Correspondence with Hety Schmitt-Maas ian thomson 212 18. A Note on the Problem of Translation ann goldstein 217 19. Primo Levi: A Bibliography of English and Italian Scholarly Writings, 2003–2010 james tasato mellone 220 Epilogue Primo Levi’s Gray Zone: A Sequence of Drawings terri bowman 241 Notes 247 Works Cited 283 List of Contributors 295 Index 301 ...