Ep. 39- Philosophy and the Holocaust with John K. Roth

The Holocaust History Podcast

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Philosopher Theodore W. Adorno famously said that “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” Here he gives an example of the way that many thinkers and philosophers struggled with the post-Holocaust world. In this episode, I talked with philosopher and Holocaust scholar John K. Roth about the ways that philosophy approaches the Holocaust and how Nazi genocide challenges our understanding of the world.

John K. Roth is Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College.

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