02499nam 22004453 450 991049849230332120231110233342.090-04-49491-X10.1163/9789004494916(CKB)5590000000556893(MiAaPQ)EBC29387155(Au-PeEL)EBL29387155(NjHacI)995590000000556893(EXLCZ)99559000000055689320220801d1999 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Making of the Holocaust Ideology and Ethics in the Systems Perspective1st ed.Bielefeld :BRILL,1999.©1999.1 online resource (227 pages)Value Inquiry Book 90-420-0705-2 What made the Holocaust possible? What does it mean from a moral viewpoint? These two questions constitute the main focus of this book. Through concepts borrowed mostly from systems theory, an attempt is made at establishing a theoretical framework for a broad understanding of the genesis of the Holocaust. More specifically, the relationships between ideology, political power, and genocide are discussed, and the following topics are covered: (1) the constitution and the historical evolution of the ideology of the Holocaust, through the genesis of anti-Semitism, the impact of the modern paradigms, and the apparent peculiarities of Nazism; (2) the emergence of powerful means of action designed for implementing the ideology, in the context of totalitarianism; (3) control and freedom as the basic parameters in a decision-making process that went along with a «diffuse Holocaust» phase and generated mechanisms of extensive cooperation; (4) the values and norms that made sense to the Nazis in relation to the Holocaust, with a critical assessment of Nazi ethics insofar as it aimed at subverting the concept of evil and at destroying the self. This book deals with four key dimensions of the Holocaust: ideology, power, act, and meaning.Value Inquiry Book Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)940.531503924Mineau André989902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910498492303321The Making of the Holocaust2901721UNINA