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The Genocide Contagion
How We Commit and Confront Holocaust and Genocide
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2016
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In The Genocide Contagion, Israel W. Charny asks uncomfortable questions about what allows people to participate in genocide—either directly, through killing or other violent acts, or indirectly, by sitting passively while witnessing genocidal acts. Charny draws on both historical and current examples such as the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide, and presses readers around the world to consider how they might contribute to genocide. Given the number of people who die from genocide or suffer indirect consequences such as forced migration, Charny argues that we must all work to resist and to learn about ourselves before critical moments arise.
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2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-5435-0
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978-1-4422-5436-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
244
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Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Preface No access Pages 15 - 18
Chapter 1. Who Are We as Human Beings? How Do Ordinary People Commit Violence? No access Pages 19 - 30
Chapter 2. The Foundations of Evil in Human Nature No access Pages 31 - 44
Chapter 3. Exaggerated Self-Defense, Exaggerated Power, and Dehumanization No access Pages 45 - 70
Chapter 4. “Just Like Everyone Else”: Conformity and the Lure of the Golden Calf No access Pages 71 - 104
Chapter 5. SS Footsteps: Putting on the Uniforms of Camp Guards and Sacrificing Others No access Pages 105 - 134
Chapter 6. “I Did Nothing Wrong”: Denial and Improper Management of Emotions No access Pages 135 - 160
Chapter 7. Summing Up: Who Are We and What Will Become of Us? Toward Our Individual and Collective Futures No access Pages 161 - 170
Independent Study. Learning Exercises about How We Cause Harm and Protect Life No access Pages 171 - 184
Appendix. Studies on Israeli Willingness to Commit Evil No access Pages 185 - 198
Notes No access Pages 199 - 218
Bibliography No access Pages 219 - 230
Index No access Pages 231 - 240
List of Learning Exercises for the Reader about Our Own Readiness to Do Harm to Others No access Pages 241 - 242
About the Author and the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem No access Pages 243 - 244
