The Making of the Holocaust : Ideology and Ethics in the Systems Perspective

• Autore: Mineau André
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : BRILL, , 1999; ©1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.531503924
• Soggetto topico: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Making of the Holocaust
• ISBN: 90-04-49491-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910498492303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Value Inquiry Book