ABSTRACT

In this article, I discuss Primo Levi’s Holocaust survivor testimonies in Moments of Reprieve, arguing that these stories illuminate a concept I term ‘the reprieve’. Using the reprieve as an undecidable word I argue that the reprieve is a moment of humanisation in the camps in which our inherent responsibility for one another becomes clear. Though it does not offer freedom or salvation, it does allow for a moment of loosening in the midst of repression and horror.

中文翻译：

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关于缓刑：解构伦理学和普里莫·列维的“缓刑时刻”

摘要

在这篇文章中，我讨论了 Primo Levi 在Moments of Reprieve中的大屠杀幸存者证词，认为这些故事阐明了我称之为“缓刑”的概念。使用缓刑作为一个不确定的词，我认为缓刑是营地中人性化的时刻，在这个时刻我们对彼此的内在责任变得清晰。虽然它不提供自由或救赎，但它确实允许在压抑和恐惧中放松片刻。