Two Schools of Thought on the Holocaust: Snyder v Bauman

This article describes two approaches to the Holocaust, identified with the names of Zygmunt Bauman and Timothy Snyder. In this dyad, Bauman stands for the culturalist, sociological approach focussed on identifying the social conditions in which otherness is produced and tracing the significance of...

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Published inStudia Litteraria et Historica no. 11; pp. 1 - 16
Main Author Chmielewska, Katarzyna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
German
Published Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2022
Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Subjects
Auschwitz
Fascism, Nazism and WW II
History of Antisemitism
History of the Holocaust
modernity
Shoah
Social Philosophy
Social Theory
Studies in violence and power
Timothy Snyder
Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman
Shoah
Auschwitz
Modernity
Timothy Snyder
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Summary:This article describes two approaches to the Holocaust, identified with the names of Zygmunt Bauman and Timothy Snyder. In this dyad, Bauman stands for the culturalist, sociological approach focussed on identifying the social conditions in which otherness is produced and tracing the significance of modernity and bureaucracy for the Shoah. In contrast, Snyder puts aside the notion that anti-Semitism and modern statehood played a crucial part in the Holocaust. The author also identifies contemporary adherents of the two interpretations in Poland.
ISSN:2299-7571
2299-7571
DOI:10.11649/slh.2840