THE MORALITY OF ACKNOWLEDGING NOT-ACKNOWLEDGING THE OTHERS HOLOCAUST/GENOCIDE/

The issue of producing and controlling the memories of the Holocaust i s evaluated in this paper as a valid universal example of the struggle over self-identity and the recognition of ''the other'' as a moral su bject. The normal realisation of morality is presented as part of the denial of the other's identity, Knowledge and value. The dialectics of the memories of the Holocaust and the possibility of a non-violent mo ral education is examined by questioning its treatment of the sufferin g of 'others' in the Israeli arena. The author concedes that practisin g the Holocaust, denying the Holocaust and refusing to recognise the g enocides/holocausts of other peoples do differ, but maintains that the y are to be evaluated as moral stages of one and the same level. The I sraeli refusal to acknowledge the genocides/holocausts of other people s is analysed as a testcase for the possibility of a humanist-orientat ed moral education today.