Using his notion of " destructiveness " , Gérard Rabinovitch discusses and criticizes the central thesis of Zygmunt Bauman ’s Modernity and the Holocaust , and suggests that we must go beyond the categories of instrumental reason and action . Using Freudian terms , Gérard Rabinovitch , puts forth the philosophical proposition that the Leviathan could , by excessive constraint , stand for " morbid attachments " , and the Behemoth for " thanatophiliac detachments " while pointing up the nuances between attachments and detachments in life : " The distinction lies not between attachment and detachment , but in the morbid scenario or the erotic dynamic which animates them . " The idea of destructiveness allows Gérard Rabinovitch to perceive , articulate and think about the similarities and differences between the practical modalities and conditions that gave rise to the Shoah and the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 . Gérard Rabinovitch is currently extending his exploration of the notion of " destructiveness " beyond his work on Nazism and the Rwandan genocide to the underworld and the mafia as well as to the resurgences of Nazism as manifest in the breakdown of contemporary society
Shoah
The Holocaust
Gérard Rabinovitch