Umfang:
xi, 332 Seiten
ISBN:
0300208723
,
9780300208726
Inhalt:
The twentieth century was among the bloodiest in the history of humanity. Untold millions were slaughtered. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that continues to bedevil. In this trenchant book, Abram de Swaan offers a taxonomy of mass violence that focuses on the rank-and-file perpetrators, examining how murderous regimes recruit them and create what De Swaan calls the "killing compartments" that make possible the worst abominations without apparent moral misgiving, without a sense of personal responsibility, and, above all, without pity.--Provided by publisher
Inhalt:
The twentieth century was among the bloodiest in the history of humanity. Untold millions were slaughtered. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that continues to bedevil. In this trenchant book, Abram de Swaan offers a taxonomy of mass violence that focuses on the rank-and-file perpetrators, examining how murderous regimes recruit them and create what De Swaan calls the "killing compartments" that make possible the worst abominations without apparent moral misgiving, without a sense of personal responsibility, and, above all, without pity.--Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 297-314 und Index
,
IntroductionOrdinary perpetrators and modernity : the situationist consensus -- Widening circles of identification and disidentification -- The transformations of violence in human history -- Rwanda : self-destructive destruction -- Genocidal regimes and the compartmentalization of society -- The four modes of mass annihilation : case histories -- Genocidal perpetrators and the compartmentalization of personality -- Conclusion.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
,
Politologie
,
Psychologie
Schlagwort(e):
Massenmord
;
Täter
;
Rekrutierung
;
Psychologie
;
Massenmord
;
Täter
;
Rekrutierung
;
Psychologie
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44308
Mehr zum Autor:
Swaan, Abram de 1942-
