Beyond "Ordinary men" : Christopher R. Browning and Holocaust historiography / Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Jürgen Matthäus, Mark W. Hornburg (eds.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, Thomas Pegelow, editor.

Matthäus, Jürgen, 1959- editor.

Hornburg, Mark W., editor.

Browning, Christopher R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Ferdinand Schöningh, [2019]

Summary:

"Reflecting on the work of one of the field's most influential scholars, the twenty essays in this book explore the evolution and application of Holocaust historiography, identify key insights into genocidal settings and point to gaps in our knowledge of humanity's most haunting problem.Why do they kill? The publication in 1992 of Christopher R. Browning's "Ordinary Men" raised crucial, previously unasked questions about the Holocaust: what made the members of a German police battalion - "middle-aged family men of working- and lower-class background" - become mass murderers of Jewish children, women, and men? How does motivation tie in with other factors that prompt participation in the "final solution"? And what can survivor accounts convey about genocide perpetration? Reflecting on the work of one of the field's most influential scholars, the twenty essays in this book explore the evolution and application of Holocaust historiography, identify key insights into genocidal settings and point to gaps in our knowledge of humanity's most haunting problem."-- c Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of publications by Christopher R. Browning (pages 306-317).

Related Work:

Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary men.

ISBN:

9783506792662

3506792660

OCLC:

1124682512