Of mind and murder : toward a more comprehensive psychology of the Holocaust / George R. Mastroianni.

9780190638269 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

English

1 online resource

D804.3 .M3735 2018

940.5318019

How could the Holocaust have happened? How could people do such things to other people? Were all or most of the perpetrators insane? Are psychologically normal people capable of committing such unspeakable violence? Were Germans willing participants in the genocidal enterprise, or were they mainly influenced by evil leaders? Is the potential for genocidal behaviour universal - could something like the Holocaust happen anywhere, anytime? Such questions have motivated much discussion of the Holocaust, and psychologists have been contributing to the discussion from the very beginning. 'Of Mind and Murder' provides a brief reminder as to what the Holocaust was, and it offers a detailed look at the major approaches taken by psychologists in their attempts to explain the behaviour of those caught up in the Holocaust.

How could the Holocaust have happened? How could people do such things to other people? Were all or most of the perpetrators insane? Are psychologically normal people capable of committing such unspeakable violence? Were Germans willing participants in the genocidal enterprise, or were they mainly influenced by evil leaders? Is the potential for genocidal behaviour universal - could something like the Holocaust happen anywhere, anytime? Such questions have motivated much discussion of the Holocaust, and psychologists have been contributing to the discussion from the very beginning. 'Of Mind and Murder' provides a brief reminder as to what the Holocaust was, and it offers a detailed look at the major approaches taken by psychologists in their attempts to explain the behaviour of those caught up in the Holocaust.

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