Understanding genocide : the social psychology of the Holocaust / edited by Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newman, Leonard S., 1961- editor.

Erber, Ralph, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Social aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When and why do groups target each other for extermination? How do seemingly normal people become participants in genocide? Why do some individuals come to the rescue of members of targeted groups, while others just passively observe their victimization? And how do perpetrators and bystanders later come to terms with the choices that they made? These questions have long vexed scholars and laypeople alike, and they have not decreased in urgency as we enter the twenty-first century. In this book--the first collection of essays representing social psychological perspectives on genocide and the Ho

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; I. BECOMING A PERPETRATOR; 1.The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic Helpers; 2. What Is a ""Social-Psychological"" Account of Perpetrator Behavior? The Person Versus the Situation in Goldhagen's Hilter's Willing Executioners; 3. Authoritarianism and the Holocaust: Some Cognitive and Affective Implications; 4. Perpetrator Behavior as Destructive Obedience: An Evaluation of Stanley Milgram's Perspective, the Most Influential Social-Psychological Approach to the Holocaust; II. BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL: GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES

5. Sacrificial Lambs Dressed in Wolves' Clothing: Envious Prejudice, Ideology, and the Scapegoating of Jews6. Group Processes and the Holocaust; 7. Examining the Implications of Cultural Frames on Social Movements and Group Action; 8. Population and Predators: Preconditions for the Holocaust From a Control-Theoretical Perspective; 9. The Zoomorphism of Human Collective Violence; III. DEALING WITH EVIL; 10. The Holocaust and the Four Roots of Evil; 11. Instigators of Genocide: Examining Hitler From a Social-Psychological Perspective

12. Perpetrators With a Clear Conscience: Lying Self-Deception and Belief Change13. Explaining the Holocaust: Does Social Psychology Exonerate the Perpetrators?; 14. Epilogue: Social Psychologists Confront the Holocaust; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028533-8

1-60256-407-8

1-280-47304-5

0-19-518618-4

0-19-535084-7

OCLC:

57491405