Bauman Modernity and the Holocaust

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7320-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

Sociology is concerned with modern society, but has never come toterms with one of the most distinctive and horrific aspects ofmodernity - the Holocaust.
The book examines what sociology can teach us about theHolocaust, but more particularly concentrates upon the lessonswhich the Holocaust has for sociology. Bauman's work demonstratesthat the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with thenature of modernity. There is nothing comparable to this workavailable in the sociological literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauman, Zygmunt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
1. Introduction: Sociology after the Holocaust.
2. Modernity, Racism, Extermination - I.
3. Modernity, Racism, Extermination - II.
4. On the Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust.
5. Soliciting Cooperation of the Victims.
6. The Ethics of Obedience (reading Milgram).
7. Towards a Sociological Theory of Morality Rationality andShame.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw. He is the author of many works including Legislators and Interpreters (Polity Press) and Modernity and Ambivalence (Polity Press). He was also awarded the Theodor W. Adorno Prize in 1998.