The banality of evil: Auschwitz and Kolyma created by ignorance of science

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Auschwitz and Kolyma created by ignorance of science

A key question in understanding the genesis of totalitarian ideologies is the (mis)understanding by many of their creators of what is science, how does it proceed, what are its methods. If one looks at the writings of people like Comte, Hegel, Marx, not to say about more recent guys like Heidegger,... Sign in to see full entry.

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