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January 5, 2020 Hauntology, Adorno

The Ghost of Auschwitz.

The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again. … Every debate about the ideals of education is trivial and inconsequential compared to this single ideal: never again Auschwitz. It was the barbarism all edu-cation strives against. Source: Theodor Adorno Education After Auschwitz

Tad DeLay made me aware of Education After Auschwitz, and now I read it before every semester.

The ghost of Auschwitz still haunts, as it should.

My fear, and I believe that it was Adorno’s fear as well, is that it haunts less and less as time goes on.

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