Modernity and the Holocaust

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-7456-0685-9
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Sociology is concerned with modern society, but has never come to terms with one of the most distinctive and horrific aspects of modernity - the Holocaust.

The book examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly concentrates upon the lessons which the Holocaust has for sociology. Bauman's work demonstrates that the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with the nature of modernity. There is nothing comparable to this work available in the sociological literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauman, Zygmunt

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.