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...

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Main Author: Marcin Starnawski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 2022-12-01
Series:Studia Litteraria et Historica
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Online Access:https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/slh/article/view/2935
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spelling doaj.art-194e92ef8a794f19b5453aa4c2de26712023-11-06T11:12:47ZdeuInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesStudia Litteraria et Historica2299-75712022-12-011110.11649/slh.2935On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decadesMarcin Starnawski0Dolnośląska Szkoła Wyższa [University of Lower Silesia], Wrocław 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. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/slh/article/view/2935Zygmunt Bauman"Modernity and the Holocaust"antisemitismTheodor W. Adornoeducation after the Holocaust
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On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
Studia Litteraria et Historica
Zygmunt Bauman
"Modernity and the Holocaust"
antisemitism
Theodor W. Adorno
education after the Holocaust
title On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
title_full On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
title_fullStr On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
title_full_unstemmed On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
title_short On “Modernity and the Holocaust” – inspirations and critique after three decades
title_sort on modernity and the holocaust inspirations and critique after three decades
topic Zygmunt Bauman
"Modernity and the Holocaust"
antisemitism
Theodor W. Adorno
education after the Holocaust
url https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/slh/article/view/2935
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