After the Holocaust: the Book of Job, Primo Levi, and the path to affliction
The Holocaust marks a decisive moment in modern suffering in which it becomes almost impossible to find meaning or redemption in the experience. In this study, C. Fred Alford offers a new and thoughtful examination of the experience of suffering. Moving from the Book of Job, an account of meaningful...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2009.
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Suffering
/ Borderline situation
/ Jews
B Levi, Primo 1919-1987 B Job |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible ; Job ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Suffering Biblical teaching B Suffering ; Biblical teaching B Levi, Primo B Suffering Religious aspects Judaism B Suffering Biblical teaching B Bible. Occupation Criticism, interpretation, etc B Bible O.T Occupation Criticism, interpretation, etc B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) B Holocaust survivors ; Interviews B Suffering Religious aspects Judaism B Suffering ; Religious aspects ; Judaism B Holocaust survivors Interviews |
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| Summary: | The Holocaust marks a decisive moment in modern suffering in which it becomes almost impossible to find meaning or redemption in the experience. In this study, C. Fred Alford offers a new and thoughtful examination of the experience of suffering. Moving from the Book of Job, an account of meaningful suffering in a God-drenched world, to the work of Primo Levi, who attempted to find meaning in the Holocaust through absolute clarity of insight, he concludes that neither strategy works well in today's world. More effective are the day-to-day coping practices of some survivors. Drawing on testimonies of survivors from the Fortunoff Video Archives, Alford also applies the work of Julia Kristeva and the psychoanalyst Donald Winnicot to his examination of a topic that has been and continues to be central to human experience. Introduction -- Job, transitional space, and the ruthless use of the object -- Holocaust testimonies : after the silence of Job -- Sisyphus, Levi, and Job at Auschwitz -- Conclusion : beyond the silence of Job |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 051180041X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511800412 |