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bh v g. g. I kg h Rz wkg h w g g MDz, b vzg h g h H. T q Rz : w g g hg hgh gb , w g , hg ? T h v wh Rz . Gbz, MDz Rz w hv , , bh . . A b b L Bk, ‘L/Gb,’ ‘L/Gb,’ Dichotomies, h b b bgh b b Core Core Sociological Dichotomies, gbz. gb z. Rz’ Rz’ g vw h gb gb k b bvb vb . Gbz h v b h w w , w. T w h v Rz’ gbz h wh h H, w g Bk’ vw h v gbz wh. I. McDonaldization: Ritzer’s Global Nightmare A. Defning McDonaldization
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v wk , Rz g, z . Rz h MD MDz z’’ , , z z h wkg h g b h g . T gbzg MDz h wk x h h v v g-, - g h. C. Glocal/Grobal
T xg k gbz b Rz h v h bvb h gb k. I h Rz gz h , h h h gbz wh h v b bg h h gb gbz z . H g bw, wh h , w gbz: gbz gbz gz. Gbz Gbz ‘ h b , , gz… h … hv v ggh ’ (Rz, : :). ). T h gbz h Rz wh MDz MDz. . T wh Rz’ , h MDz xv bh , wh x : ‘T b MDz b h x k hgh h w’ (Rz, : ). Rz h gbz, b x MDz wh, xv, kg, hgzg: ‘I b g h, , ’ (Rz, :). I , , Rz h h MDz MDz w . Ev Rz h wh g v b h h h b v g hgh h wk h k. Rz’ v v , h wh v v h .. I , gbz h v h Rz b. C Rz’ h bk gbz, L Bk h v, bvb . H g, ‘L/Gb,’ h gbz gz, whh g Rz, “hz h g h gb h vv hg h hg’ (Rz, (Rz, : ). Rz h gbz gbz g w h g gz. z. Bk bg . Bk g h gbz g g , h v , bh h , hg, : ‘Gb g h h . Shg , , v b bg , , wh h gb ’ ’ (Bk, : 4). Bk h h gbz, gbz, gz gz Rz w , w-w . A w h W vg , h ’ hg, b h hgz. Rh, h w g 116
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v h . Bk gv h x x h h h w, D, whh x v x g g h : ‘Sh v gv h L , h b h h h k ’. (Bk, : ) F Bk, h g h gbz, wh Rz gbz v v . . Bk hg w . H g gz z h hg x, h hg g hg. T h Bk’ g h gbz b xv g, wh Rz h gb hg. II. Rationality And The Holocaust: Bauman’s Argument And Ritzer’s Fallacy A.
Modernity and the Holocaust
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B h g h h wvw b h H: ‘A b, h , z , v v h g gz ; w, v bgg h b’ (B, : ). I , B g bg h H. H. T . B h b bg hw h b , h vg ‘’ h H: ‘Phg (h g h h h h k)… h , g b h w g’’ (B, : ). T g h h w g or h or h H b b. Phg Phg w bk h h (Sbb, ). ) . T Nz Nz , , b j j h bhv g. g. H b , h Nz ‘’ w hv b b k vb h Nz (Sbb, ). B h h wk C L v h H: ‘L, h v bw h E hb A wh h h whh h wh bg h bw h’ (B, : ). Ev B z h h h b x 5, wh L w Systema Natur Naturae ae.. H g h L w wg wh w (Ehk, ). I g h H, B h hw wh h x g b . Mhg B’ g hv h h h g h b hg hv v: ‘Wh vz hv, h w b H’ (B, : ). B g h h hg h Nz wh v g g g h H. Hwv Hwv,, h b h. gg h h h H x ’ h v hg , ‘h h , h H’ (M, : 44). B B’’ L wh h g hg v v g w : ‘hg v b h , k h hg hg ’ ’ (B, (B, : ). B hw b, h B’ B’ . I h h x b h b h w h h . B w v, h w b h w h -b (Ch (Ch Hg Hg F, ). O v hwv, hwv, h vv . B h HbBh w v h wh g, h w (Hg, (Hg, ). Wh h v w hg hg vg vg h , h gw wh h . B g h x, x, 118
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j w , , gzg h gv gv hg, h b . A b B h vz h h H, hg v k , h g: ‘I h w hg whh h H b 4, w b h h b h’ h’ (B, : ). F B, B, h h H, q. T h h k h h v b v v g h h b g. g. T h H H b. I w h , h h H w hv h h g v. B h b b b ggg h h h H g x h x hv gh h h H: I w h b gwg h h v , g , h gv h v h h Gg, Ahwz Hh b, h v vb. T g b h h b wv. (B, : ) Ev, B h h h H H w , b b . H j h h h h H w h v -k, g wh z w, wh kg h. B h h x h g, v g h, wh h h, ‘v ‘g’ h H…w …bg kg wh vhg w kw b vz, gg , , v h w’ (B, : ), wh h g h h ‘G b h w h v g hb ’ ’ (B, : ). B h h H b x ; h w h g h H, h xgg h h h v ‘ ’, w h . . Ev v ‘g’ h H H b b , h h h g k h : ‘T Nz w k, h H’ , b , , h ’ (M, (M, : 44). B b wh h h h kg h h gz h gg h kg v. B. Ritzer’ Ritzer’ss rivialization o
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h h v h h q b. Rz gv h g h , g B h : h b h b, h h , h b MDz h B g h H. Eh h wk b, w. Nh h w b wh h H H b h h g, h h, b h v , g . I h h h bh MDz h H b b : ‘T hg kwhw b b vz h w hgh g wh k g’ g’ (B, : ). T hg b gz h H h wh h h v gz vv MDz gbz. Hwv,, h wh h b wh g Hwv g h . Lk B, Rz g h h h. h. T v h b h H b q v g g. . T h h H MDz . . T H H w hg h ‘- h’ h’ (Rz, : ). T MDz g b . T h b b h H H MDz. A b b h h h h F , whh Rz kwg MDz (Rz, ). T bw bw MDz MDz h H H hw b. b. T Rz gg h ‘h , hgh h MDz, MD z, B’ B’ vw h hg k k h H h g’ (Rz, : ). Rz B’’ h g h H. B h B h h h H h (B, ). Hwv Hwv,, h h gbz hk h g: ‘ b , hk h g h h b v whh g gh wh h wkg g w, h h h h gg h g h b b w h H- H - ‘’ ’ ’. (B, : ) ) Rz’ g w b Rz’ b h v h . H gbz w wh B h kwg kw g g H. I , Rz B’ g: H h h h g, h , wh gg h wh h kk w 120
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h h, h gbz. Rz’ q MDz wh h Rz’ h H, wh h bh, b . . H gz g z h h h MDz h h H, h h w. w. I v k h h g , h hg b g vzg h H b bg h . . A h h Rz k h MDz , h h H, b b h h . T k h Rz z h g h hq, h g wh h . Rz h h H w b w h Nz’ Nz’ g ‘ ‘ ’ (Rz, : ). Y h Nz’ v w h , w , g h g MDz, whh g b . T g- g- wh Rz, Rz, x B, z k h H. Rh h g h g, Rz h k h h, vzg bh h h h H. H. B w g h h H: ‘Ov, h g …hvg h bw bg h q b vg Ahwz, h h b k h z H v’’. (B v (B, , : )B gz h w h h h H h gh g g x h. Dbg h gbz, MDz MDz, , hg h h H g g h. III. Conclusion
O z, Gg Rz’ b gbz hgh h MDz,, h. H x h hzg MDz h w h MDz MDz . . Wh h h k MD MDz z h w, h v h g g h gbz gbz hv bgh. H g b h gwh h h b b w k, w h zg h h w, g h hg h H k. I Rz, L Bk’ gbz bh v-h, b. A g gz, z, gb gb hv hv v wkg gh,, gh b h , h gb b gh wv hgh h ww k k kwg . . T 121
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gb h g g g bw wh g v w. Rz’ -h g MDz hgh h , v, h H. H Zg Zg B’ B’ h h H w g z, wh g z, v B , h h gbzg MDz h j vg h H. H. U U,, Rz’ Rz’ g -b g . I h v v g g hg hg b hg, bh Rz B B . . I hg hg h h b hg. A g k w w . . A v wh g, hwv, hwv, g h wh . M g gv- k. T h bh Rz B k. M v b . I , h hv hv bgh b wh vg h w. U v wh v v, h hv h bkg v gv. T h v MDz : v , , b b , w bg g g . Tgh h gbz h j bg, w b h x bgh, b-, v w .
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