Modernity and the Holocaust
Book • 1989
In 'Modernity and the Holocaust', Zygmunt Bauman argues that the Holocaust was not an aberration from modernity but rather a consequence of its inherent characteristics.
He contends that modernity's emphasis on procedural rationality, division of labor, and bureaucratic organization played crucial roles in the execution of the Holocaust.
Bauman challenges the common view that the Holocaust was a unique event in Jewish history or a result of German barbarism, instead positing that it was deeply connected to the order-making efforts of modern society.
He also discusses how the same processes of exclusion and rationalization that enabled the Holocaust could still be relevant today.
He contends that modernity's emphasis on procedural rationality, division of labor, and bureaucratic organization played crucial roles in the execution of the Holocaust.
Bauman challenges the common view that the Holocaust was a unique event in Jewish history or a result of German barbarism, instead positing that it was deeply connected to the order-making efforts of modern society.
He also discusses how the same processes of exclusion and rationalization that enabled the Holocaust could still be relevant today.
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