SOCY 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: The Civilizing Process
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Wants to critically analyze what the civilizing process means. The holocaust is a uniquely modern crisis. The holocaust is typically seen in two ways: horrible/unique and unrepeatable tragedy, uniquely jewish problem. Both equate to a failure of modernity : no- it is a product of modernity. It cannot be understood outside of cultural tendencies and technical achievements of modernity. Modernity (defined?: refers to a historical era after feudalism beginning in modern day (in general, involves key processes of industrialization, capitalism and rationalization . Weber: rationalization of all spheres of life = modernity: bauman: modern industrial rational organization- could lead to events like the. The civilizing process end= more beautiful, cultivated society : suppressing the irrational in favor of the rational- kant. Violence doesn"t disappear- it moves into compartmentalized. Moves out of the hands of the people and into the hands of the state. This distance from violence removes ethical obligation.
