Two Schools of Thought on the Holocaust: Snyder v Bauman
Two Schools of Thought on the Holocaust: Snyder v Bauman
Author(s): Katarzyna ChmielewskaContributor(s): Antoni Górny (Translator)
Subject(s): Social Philosophy, Social Theory, Studies in violence and power, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Shoah; Zygmunt Bauman; Timothy Snyder; Auschwitz; Modernity;
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Studia Litteraria et Historica
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 1-16
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English