On Modernity and the Holocaust – inspirations and critique after three decades

The article discusses the main theses of Zygmunt Bauman’s book Modernity and the Holocaust, the contexts of its writing and its early critical reception in the 1990s. As an introduction to the issue’s theme, it focuses on the proposals for a contemporary interpretation of Bauman’s work put forward b...

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Published inStudia Litteraria et Historica no. 11; pp. 1 - 17
Main Author Starnawski, Marcin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
German
Published Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2022
Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Subjects
"Modernity and the Holocaust"
antisemitism
education after the Holocaust
History of Antisemitism
History of Education
History of the Holocaust
Studies in violence and power
Theodor W. Adorno
Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman
antisemitism
Modernity and the Holocaust
Theodor W Adorno
education after the Holocaust
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Summary:The article discusses the main theses of Zygmunt Bauman’s book Modernity and the Holocaust, the contexts of its writing and its early critical reception in the 1990s. As an introduction to the issue’s theme, it focuses on the proposals for a contemporary interpretation of Bauman’s work put forward by the authors of the articles published in this issue of Studia Litteraria et Historica. In the final section, the author proposes a reading of Modernity and the Holocaust in relation to educational issues raised in the 1960s by Theodor W. Adorno.
ISSN:2299-7571
2299-7571
DOI:10.11649/slh.2935