Understanding Genocide The Social Psychology of the Holocaust

Name: Understanding Genocide The Social Psychology of the Holocaust
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ISBN: 9780195133622

ISBN-10: 0195133625

ISBN-13: 9780195133622

Edition: 2002

Authors: Leonard S. Newman, Ralph Erber

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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…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.57" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Contributors


Introduction




Becoming a Perpetrator



The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic Helpers




What Is a "Social-Psychological" Account of Perpetrator Behavior? The Person Versus the Situation in Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners




Authoritarianism and the Holocaust: Some Cognitive and Affective Implications




Perpetrator Behavior as Destructive Obedience: An Evaluation of Stanley Milgram's Perspective, the Most Influential Social-Psychological Approach to the Holocaust




Beyond the Individual: Groups and Collectives



Sacrificial Lambs Dressed in Wolves' Clothing: Envious Prejudice, Ideology, and the Scapegoating of Jews




Group Processes and the Holocaust




Examining the Implications of Cultural Frames on Social Movements and Group Action




Population and Predators: Preconditions for the Holocaust From a Control-Theoretical Perspective




The Zoomorphism of Human Collective Violence




Dealing with Evil



The Holocaust and the Four Roots of Evil




Instigators of Genocide: Examining Hitler From a Social-Psychological Perspective




Perpetrators With a Clear Conscience: Lying Self-Deception and Belief Change




Explaining the Holocaust: Does Social Psychology Exonerate the Perpetrators?




Epilogue: Social Psychologists Confront the Holocaust



Author Index


General Index