New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust.
A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences.
The hardback received enormous acclaim.
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world s leading social theorists.

This work examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly concentrates on the lesson which the Holocaust has for sociology. Baumann argues that the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with the nature of modernity.

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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.