Post-Modernism, Holocaust Denial, and History

Moral relativism is a key factor linking post-modernism and Holocaust denial. Accordingly, post-modern thought has been utilized by some Holocaust deniers to distort the historical record.

by Rory Yeomans

Post-modernism has features that make it useful for Holocaust deniers. The growing popularity of its approaches, amongst some historians and political scientists, as a substitute for empirical and nuanced research is increasingly creating the conditions in which Holocaust denial, ideological, and grievance-based historiography can flouris…