Summary Of "Modernity And Holocaust. Chapter 3: Modernity, Racism And Extermination" By Zygmunt Bauman: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

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The paradox of racism is that it was an anti-modernist instrument that was possible only with modernity. In the case of the Nazis, the elimination of Jews was presented as a synonym of rejection of the modern order. Racism is a modern product, of the modern science, technology and State.

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• Release date: Nov 25, 2021
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Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Summary Of Modernity And Holocaust. Chapter 3: Modernity, Racism And Extermination By Zygmunt Bauman

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SUMMARY OF MODERNITY AND HOLOCAUST. CHAPTER 3: MODERNITY, RACISM AND EXTERMINATION BY ZYGMUNT BAUMAN

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MODERNITY AND HOLOCAUST

CAPÍTULO 3  MODERNITY, RACISM AND EXTERMINATIONS

THE PARADOX OF RACISM IS THAT IT WAS AN ANTI-MODERNIST INSTRUMENT THAT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH MODERNITY

In the case of the Nazis, the elimination of the Jews was presented as a synonym of rejection of the modern order.

RACISM IS A MODERN PRODUCT, OF THE MODERN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND STATE

From heterophobia to racism

Although it is common for racism to be interpreted as a variety of prejudices or resentments between groups, this would be a mistake. The opposite error is to see it as encompassing all resentments, in the sense that all prejudice between groups is seen as racism.

Pierre André Taguieff raises the similarity between RACISM AND HETEROPHOBIA, both understood as AVERSION TO DIFFERENCE.

For this author there is a PRIMARY RACISM that is UNIVERSAL and has to do with a natural reaction of rejection in the presence of a stranger.

Sometimes this primary racism becomes SECONDARY OR RATIONALIZED RACISM, which occurs when a theory is appealed that presents the other as someone objectively harmful and that poses a threat to the well-being of the group. An example of this occurs in certain religious groups and another is XENOPHOBIA OR ETHNOCENTRISM, that is, aversion to foreigners.

Finally, there is a TERTIARY OR MYSTIFACTORY RACISM, which presupposes the two previous levels but adds a quasi-biological argument to it. Bauman thinks that this third level enters the second.

Says Bauman: I believe, on the contrary, that it is precisely the nature, function and way of functioning of racism that clearly distinguishes it from heterophobia (...) concentrated manifestation of a broader phenomenon of anguish caused by the sensation of not having control over the situation .

The issue is complicated when the stranger threatens to penetrate the native group and merge with it if preventive measures are not taken, threatening the identity and unity of the group. That would be more serious than just outright enmity.

Racism differs from heterophobia and enmity because it tends to build an artificial social order (...) eliminating the elements of current reality that neither conform to the perfect reality dreamed of nor can be modified (...)

FOR RACISM THERE IS A CONVICTION THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE CANNOT INCORPORATE TO A RATIONAL ORDER

That is why "(...) racism leaves aside a certain category