Homer, Frederic D.

Primo Levi and the Politics of Survival. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Force Majeure -- 2 Hobbesian Hell -- 3 Ill-Constituted Beings -- 4 Violence -- 5 The Tragic Sense of Life -- 6 Useful Qualities of Human Nature -- 7 Choices -- 8 Purpose and Work -- 9 Optimistic Pessimism -- 10 Civilized Liberalism -- 11 A Defense of Modernism -- 12 Levi's Death -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780826263001


Politics and culture--Italy--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

PQ4872.E8.Z69 2001

853/.914B