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- Title
Singularisierung oder Universalisierung? Theodor W. Adorno und Max Horkheimer über „Erziehung nach Auschwitz“.
- Authors
Rieger-Ladich, Markus; Jun Yamana
- Abstract
Theodor W. Adorno’s radio lecture on ‘Education after Auschwitz’ was not only met with a great response in educational science; for a long time, it was also considered a central contribution of Critical Theory to the debate on the culture of remembrance. In this article, we first explain its reception within German-language educational science and then contrast it with Max Horkheimer’s reflections. The latter chose a different approach to Adorno. Instead of focusing on the question of guilt and the singularity of the Holocaust, Horkheimer outlines a historical-political education and advocates understanding the National Socialist atrocities as part of a global history of violence. These contributions, which were mostly published in remote locations, have not yet received the recognition they deserve within German-language educational science. This is unfortunate, because Horkheimer’s promotion of historical judgement in the mode of comparison raised many questions that are currently being discussed in the debate on a pluralistic culture of remembrance.
- Subjects
ADORNO, Theodor W., 1903-1969; WORLD history; NAZIS; CRITICAL theory; HORKHEIMER, Max, 1895-1973; ATROCITIES; GUILT (Psychology)
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 2024, Issue 4, p458
- ISSN
0044-3247
- Publication type
Article