“Consider If This Is a Person”: Primo Levi, Hannah Arendt, and the Political Significance of Auschwitz

Primo Levi asks his readers to consider whether those who live comfortable lives have some meaningful connection to those who suffered in Auschwitz. He suggests that discovering such a connection is, paradoxically, both improbable and imperative. Alternatively, Hannah Arendt argues that the thoughtl...

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Main Author: Howes, Dustin Ells (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 266-292
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