Modernity and the Holocaust (eBook)

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.

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 and
Shame.

Index.

'Modernity and the Holocaust is a very fine book. Broad in
scope and penetrating in analysis, it is disturbing as its subject
matter demands, yet never fails to preserve the crucial element of
reflective distance out of which new or more acute knowledge is
able to emerge.' Times Higher Education Supplement

'Such is the concentrated brilliance of this study that it is
sure to find an appreciative audience in every field of research
which touches on the Holocaust.' Times Literary
Supplement

'This is a profound book, brilliant in its insights ... It
demands wide readership.' Political Studies

'The book should be widely read by students of the social
sciences, since it is, apart from a provocative analysis of
explanations of genocide, a critique of sociology, which Bauman
claims has neglected the ethical dilemmas posed by the destruction
of the Jews.' Sociology