Part A) On page 147, Malesevic states: “…Bauman sees the Holocaust as the very product of modernity.”
Explain what Bauman means. Be certain to deal with ideas that are associated with modernity that derived
from the Enlightenment such as rationality and order as well as the main components of modernization
being industrialization, bureaucracy and urbanization. Support your answer by referring to material
included in Schaeffer, Chapter 16 and, if you choose, additional materials already read in this course.
Part B: Go to:http://kadishman.com/works/shalechet/Articles/
Read one of the articles on shalechet. Then, to see the installation of shalechet, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7sMMPWc4LM
Go to:
Take a virtual tour of Yad Vashem found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFUw9JG9v8Q
How does information presented at the Kigali Memorial Centre further inform Bauman's argument?
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