Critique of modern barbarism : essays on fascism, anti-semitism and the use of history /
Traverso, Enzo.
This collection of essays examines the relationships between anti-Semitism, modernity and the Holocaust. The different parts of the book analyse multiple dimenstions of the destruction of the European Jews, debates over historical memory and left-wing debates on the nature of anti-Semitism. Inspired by the heterodox Marxism of Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt School, Traverso argues that after Auschwitz, critical thought needs to reconsider the notion of progress as such. -- Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-291) and index.
Enlarged edition of Understanding the Nazi genocide. Pluto Press, 1999.
This collection of essays examines the relationships between anti-Semitism, modernity and the Holocaust. The different parts of the book analyse multiple dimenstions of the destruction of the European Jews, debates over historical memory and left-wing debates on the nature of anti-Semitism. Inspired by the heterodox Marxism of Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt School, Traverso argues that after Auschwitz, critical thought needs to reconsider the notion of progress as such. -- Back cover.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Antisemitism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Antisemitism.