A historical guide to Mark Twain /
A historical guide to Mark Twain /:

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Schriftenreihe:Historical guides to American authors.
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Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Knowledge > History.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Political and social views.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
1800-1899
Literature and history > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
History
Literature and history
Literature and society
Political and social views
United States
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Zusammenfassung: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 Holocaust-- prominent social psychologists use the principles derived from contemporary research in their field to try to shed light on the behavior of the perpetrators of genocide. The primary focus of this volume is on the Holocaust, but the conclusions reached have relevance for attempts to understand any episode of mass killing. Among the topics covered are how crises and dificult life conditions might set the stage for violent intergroup conflict; why some groups are more likely than others to be selected as scapegoats; how certain cultural values and beliefs could facilitate the initiation of genocide; the roles of conformity and obedience to authority in shaping behavior; how engaging in violent behavior makes it easier to for one to aggress again; the evidence for a "genocide-prone" personality; and how perpetrators deceive themselves about what they have done. The book does not culminate in a grand theory of intergroup violence; instead, it seeks to provide the reader with new ways of making sense of the horrors of genocide. In other words, the goal of all of the contributors is to provide us with at least some of the knowledge that we will need to anticipate and prevent future such tragic episodes.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.
ISBN:0195132920
9780195132922
0195132939
9780195132939
0195302281
9780195302288
9786610530748
6610530742
0199729069
9780199729067

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