The Holocaust Article Reviews Samples For Students

Analysis of Gidden’s and Bauman’s Critiques of Modernity

Modernity is a post-traditional life that involves moving from agrarian to industrialization. Many argue that today we are in a new era of modernity where social sciences take people beyond modernity. There are advanced technologies that have improved life and services. According to Anthony Giddens and Zygmunt Bauman, authors of The Consequences of Modernity and Modernity and Holocaust respectively have their views about modernity. This essay analyzes the work of these two authors and their beliefs about modernity.
Bauman is a wolf of modernity that has worn sheep’s clothing of post-modernity. In his reading, he provides a spectacular critique of modernity ...

According to Milgram’s (1963) findings authorities have substantial power over individuals, and his findings can explain the nature of the holocaust as a consequence of enforced obedience. Blass (1999) argues that obedience rates have not declined since the original experiment, so any attempt to reproduce the experiment will probably result in similar findings. While moral convictions change over time, obedience remains consistent, so it is possible to conclude that people lose their moral convictions and personal decision-making abilities once they are exposed to pressure from the authorities.
The experiment was repeated several times in different societies with different ...

FOR GERMAN SOCCER, A LYRIC DEBATE: ARTICLE REVIEW

Introduction/Summary
In this article, the Germany football team kicked up a controversy after some of its members refused to sing the country’s national anthem, The Song of Germans. The public, including football officials and former players thought that the team ought to sing to the anthem, despite the manager insisting that the players did identify with the team and their heritage was important. This occurred at a time when Germany had began re-asserting its national identity since World War II, which has however not been reflected in sports, with national teams losing players with foreign roots to other nations. ...