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What best explains the influence on the holocaust on postmodern thought?
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∙ 10y ago
it basically disagrees with postmodernism; one can basically not apply postmodernism to the Holocaust (or one would have to conclude that the Holocaust did not exist). But this is exceptional and does not stop postmodernism being the more popular method.
The Holocaust made people question the idea of progress that was part of Modernism.
-apex
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe Holocaust and the way that it was recorded showed that there had to be an alternative to empiricism and the postmodern movement was somewhat halted. What the Holocaust did do was create a new marker, a standard to which many things, before and after are compared to.
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∙ 11y agoThe Holocaust made people question earlier ideas about human progress.
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∙ 10y agoThe Holocaust largely goes against postmodern thought, so i guess its influence would be to halt its progress.
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The Holocaust suggested that earlier ideas about progress were not true. The Holocaust makes one consider that postmodernism is wrong as much to do with the Holocaust is with the absence of empirical data.
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How did the holocaust help shape the postmodern thought?
The Holocaust suggested that earlier idea about progress was not true.
How did the holocaust help to shape postmodern thought?
The Holocaust suggested that earlier ideas about progress were not true. The Holocaust makes one consider that postmodernism is wrong as much to do with the Holocaust is with the absence of empirical data.
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People began to question the idea that everyone was basically the same.
How did the civil rights movement affect postmodern thought?
People began to question the idea that everyone was basically the same.
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Authority
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Dr. Josef Mengele.
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Lives, shops, and the thought of being safe.
Could you make me a sentence for the word influence?
He tried to influence the judge's decision. Her influence over the team was not as much as she'd thought.
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a theory is an abstract thought. It is something that explains why something is in simple terms
