Timothy Pytell Ph.D.

About

Timothy Pytell, Ph.D., is Professor of history California State University, San Bernardino. He is the author of Viktor Frankl’s Search for Meaning (Berghahn Books) and numerous articles on Holocaust survivors. He earned his BA in History and Philosophy at Colorado College in 1985 and his PhD in Modern European Intellectual History at New York University in 1999. He is currently working on a book focused on the phenomenology of Holocaust survival.

Books by Timothy Pytell Ph.D.

Recent Posts

What Is Genocidal Consciousness?

A Personal Perspective: Is genocide occurring in Ukraine?

History and January 6th One Year Later

A Personal Perspective: An examination of January 6th one year later prompts the question: Are we losing our democracy?

How Will Historians Interpret the Storming of the Capitol?

How will historians make sense of the storming of the Capitol?

Why Did 74 Million People Vote for Trump?

A Reflection on Fred Siegel

What Is the Appeal of Trumpism?

Are we living through the advent of American fascism? Why is this happening?

Why Viktor Frankl Still Matters

...75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

Genocide "In" Modernity

Is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) capable of preventing genocide?

Making Sense of the Auschwitz Report Part 11

What is the Context of Primo Levi's famous testimony Survival in Auschwotz?

Making Sense of Primo Levi's Auschwitz Report

What is the relationship between Primo Levi's Holocaust Testimony Survival in Auschwitz and the Auschwitz Report?

PTSD, Counterphobia, and Resilience

An exchange on PTSD between a theologian and a humanist.