04637cam a2200853Ka 4500 ocn667030616 OCoLC 20200709055232.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 100929s2009 nyu ob 001 0 eng d IDEBK eng pn IDEBK N$T OCLCQ VLB AZU CDX E7B OCLCQ CAMBR OCLCA OCLCF OCLCO YDXCP OL$ OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ COD OCL LOA OCLCO AZK OCLCQ 519892027 593222105 647793005 816349831 817922003 819628874 857981021 961676721 9780511650758 (electronic bk.) 0511650752 (electronic bk.) 9780511800412 (electronic bk.) 051180041X (electronic bk.) 1282391089 9781282391086 9780521766326 (hardback) 052176632X (hardback) 9780521747066 (pbk.) 0521747066 (pbk.) 304734 (N$T) (OCoLC)667030616 (OCoLC)519892027 (OCoLC)593222105 (OCoLC)647793005 (OCoLC)816349831 (OCoLC)817922003 (OCoLC)819628874 (OCoLC)857981021 (OCoLC)961676721 BM645.S9 A44 2009 REL 040090 bisacsh HPGM bicssc 296.3/1174 22 MAIN Alford, C. Fred. After the Holocaust : the Book of Job, Primo Levi, and the path to affliction / C. Fred Alford. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (xi, 172 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index. 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. 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Bible. Job Criticism, interpretation, etc. Levi, Primo. Levi, Primo. fast (OCoLC)fst00035777 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst00958866 Bible. Job. fast (OCoLC)fst01892916 Levi, Primo. swd Ijob (Buch) swd Suffering Religious aspects Judaism. Suffering Biblical teaching. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust survivors Interviews. RELIGION Judaism Theology. bisacsh Holocaust survivors. fast (OCoLC)fst00958838 Suffering Biblical teaching. fast (OCoLC)fst01137152 Suffering Religious aspects Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst01137167 Leid. swd Grenzsituation. swd Judenvernichtung. swd 1939-1945 fast Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Interviews. fast (OCoLC)fst01423832 Print version: Alford, C. Fred. After the Holocaust. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521766326 (DLC) 2008048864 (OCoLC)277040805 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=304734 Coutts Information Services COUT 11551213 ebrary EBRY ebr10303066 EBSCOhost EBSC 304734 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 239108 YBP Library Services YANK 3043829 YBP Library Services YANK 3289484 YBP Library Services YANK 9246645 92 N$T 49666 49666