Modernity and Communism
Zygmunt Bauman and the Other Totalitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Beilharz (0000-0001-8707-5758, La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-99 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513602070001008 |
| OpenAlex | W2068126140 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
Bauman's work can be understood as a critical theory, but its east European context needs to be established alongside the west European sensibilities of the Frankfurt School. The question of Soviet modernity and the status of the Polish experience of which Bauman was part need to be placed alongside the more famous critique of the Holocaust, which can be more readily aligned with Horkheimer and Adorno's views in Dialectic of Enlightenment. To this end, some of Bauman's essays and arguments on the Soviet and Polish experience are reviewed in order to begin to fill out this other dimension of Bauman's critique of modernity and totalitarianism. Both Bauman's views on eastern Europe, and my survey of them, are offered as hints for those that follow
Aesthetics · Communism · Context (archaeology · Critical theory · Dialectic · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Modernity · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Holocaust · Theology · Cultural Studies and Postmodernism · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |