Modernity and the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman [Cornell University Press, 2001] (Paperback) [Paperback] by Bauman, Zygmunt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Contents Preface 1. Introduction: Sociology after the Holocaust

The Holocaust as the test of modernity The meaning of the civilizing process Social production of moral indifference Social production of moral invisibility Moral consequences of the civilizing process

2. Modernity, Racism, Extermination I

Some peculiarities of Jewish estrangement Jewish incongruity from Christendom to modernity Astride the barricades The prismatic group Modern dimensions of incongruity The non-national nation The modernity of racis

3. Modernity, Racism, Extermination II

From heterophobia to racis Racism as a form of social engineering From repellence to extermination Looking ahea

4. The Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust

The proble Genocide extraordinary Peculiarity of modern genocid Effects of the hierarchical and functional division of labou Dehumanization of bureaucratic object The role of bureaucracy in the Holocaus Bankruptcy of modern safeguard Conclusion

5. Soliciting the Co-operation of the Victims

‘Sealing off’ the victim The ‘save what you can’ gam Individual rationality in the service of collective destructio Rationality of self-preservatio Conclusio

6. The Ethics of Obedience (Reading Milgram)

Inhumanity as a function of social distanc Complicity after one’s own ac Technology moralize Free-floating responsibilit Pluralism of power and power of conscienc The social nature of evi

7. Towards a Sociological Theory of Morality

Society as a factory of moralit The challenge of the Holocaus Pre-societal sources of moralit Social proximity and moral responsibilit Social suppression of moral responsibilit Social production of distanc Final remark

8. Afterthought: Rationality and Shame Social Manipulation of Morality: The European Amalfi Prize Lecture The Duty to Remember – But What?: Afterword to the 2000 Edition Notes