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Auschwitz's Finale: racism and holocausts

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  • Shiraz Dossa

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It is passing strange that the existence of Auschwitz has not lessened racism. In fact quite the reverse: it has unleashed surplus racism on the ‘Third world’ and its ‘natives’. As I contend here, this is the Auschwitz finale, its abject truth, the dialectical residue of the Holocaust. Jacob Neusner calls it the Holocaust ‘myth’ and ‘mythic theology’. It now constitutes the ruling narrative in the West. This article dissects the Auschwitz discourse and its denial of other holocausts. It critiques the claim that it was the only ‘real’ genocide. It advances a contrary thesis on colonialism, racism and holocausts in history. I clarify the affinity between colonialism and fascism and Israeli tactics in Occupied Palestine. It is undeniable that Auschwitz fuels anti-Arab anti-Semitism and anti-Islamism. In my conclusion I analyse Jewish criticism of the Auschwitz finale.

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  • Shiraz Dossa, 2012. "Auschwitz's Finale: racism and holocausts," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(9), pages 1575-1593.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:33:y:2012:i:9:p:1575-1593
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.720829
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