The genocide contagion : how we commit and confront holocaust and genocide /

In The Genocide Contagion, Israel W. Charny asks uncomfortable questions about what allows people to participate in genocide-either directly, through killing or other violent acts, or indirectly, by sitting passively while witnessing genocidal acts. Charny draws on both historical and current exampl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Charny, Israel W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Series:Studies in genocide.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Genocide > History > 20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Psychological aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genocide.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Aspect psychologique.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Aspect moral.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Ethics
Genocide
Psychological aspects
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Who are we as human beings? How do ordinary people commit violence?
  • The foundations of evil in human nature
  • Exaggerated self-defense, exaggerated power, and dehumanization
  • "Just like everyone else": conformity and the lure of the golden calf
  • SS footsteps: putting on the uniforms of camp guards and sacrificing others
  • "I did nothing wrong": denial and improper management of emotions
  • Summing up: who are we and what will become of us?

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