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History of Book Burning

History of Book Burning. When did people start burning books? China, 3 rd century BCE

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History of Book Burning

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When did people start burning books?

• China, • 3rd century BCE

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What motivates book burning?

• It may be for moral,

political or religious

Objections to the ideas

contained in a book.

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Today book burning is usually ceremonial.

• Book burners aren’t trying to destroy every copy of a book (as in Fahrenheit 451). Rather, they are expressing their objections to the material in a ritualized manner.

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What kinds of books do people tend to

burn?

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Specific History: Nazi Book Burning

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“The Burning of the Books”

• May 10, 1933 in Berlin• Nazi youth groups burned

almost 20,000 books.• The books were from an early

sexology research centre and books from Humbolt University.

• The goal was to rid Germany of any books that contained “unGerman” ideas