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The Degradation of Ethics Through the Holocaust / / by Paul E. Wilson
| The Degradation of Ethics Through the Holocaust / / by Paul E. Wilson |
| Autore | Wilson Paul E |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) |
| Disciplina |
174/.99405318
940.531801 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics
World War, 1939-1945 Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics History of World War II and the Holocaust |
| ISBN |
9783031309199
3031309197 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I The Genocidal Priming Phase of the Holocaust -- 1 Introduction -- Shades of Nietzsche and Heidegger in the Holocaust -- The Holocaust as One Way Hatred Grows -- Genocide is a Process -- 2 Antisemitism is a Vicious Racism -- Introduction -- Jews, Christians, and Antisemitism in Supersessionism -- Antisemitism is a Racism -- The Insidious Side of Institutionalized Racism -- Antisemitism as Hate -- Conclusion -- 3 Denial of Rights as a Prelude to Entitlement -- Introduction -- Personal Property Laws and Racism -- Genocide and Deprivation of Victim’s Rights -- How Individuals Come to Be Bearers of Rights: A General Account -- A Conceptual Framework for the Expansion and Contraction of Rights -- Contraction of Rights: The Slippery Slope of Jews’ Loss of Personal Property rights in German -- Ghettos and the Right to Personal Liberty -- Denial of Rights and Statelessness -- Conclusion -- 4 Propaganda for Genocide -- Introduction -- Who Were the Propagandists? -- Hitler as a Propagandist -- Gerhard Kittle -- Joseph Goebbels -- Walter Grundmann -- Julius Streicher -- Heinrich Himmler -- What Shadows of Propaganda were Cast? -- The German Propaganda Diet -- Effects Upon the Prisoners in the Cave of Ignorance -- Conclusions -- 5 Self-Entitlement for the Chosen Few -- Introduction -- A Protocol to Distinguish the Us and Them in the Holocaust -- When Rights become a Matter of Life and Death -- Anatomy of a Mass Murder -- Historical Convergences and Logical Intersections -- License to Kill -- Conclusion -- 6 The Case of the Aryan Jesus Dogma: Enlarging Entitlement through Propaganda -- Introduction -- The Religious Appeal of an Aryan Jesus -- The Theological Support of an Aryan Jesus -- An Aryan Jesus Creed Reconstructed -- The Efficacy and Logic of the Case for an Aryan Jesus -- Conclusion -- Part II The Peak Phase of Genocide in the Holocaust -- 7 The Holocaust and the Ideal of Purity -- Introduction -- The Definition of Genocide -- The Scale of Genocide -- The Failure of Purification as the Ideal of Genocide -- Crafting Moral and Practical Responses to Genocide -- Conclusion -- 8 Resistance and Neighborly Aid -- Introduction -- Becoming Targets of Genocidal Violence -- Resistance for Dignity’s Sake -- Heroic Resistance that Dignifies Human Rights -- Assessing the Utility of Resistance -- The Practicality and Justice of Resistance -- Conclusion -- 9 The Case of the Muselmänner: A Study in the Loss and Reclamation of Dignity -- Introduction -- How the Dignified Should be Treated -- Who the Muselmänner Were -- Denial of Needs and Deprivation of Dignity -- Measured Satisfaction of Needs for the Reclamation of Dignity -- Conclusion -- 10 Ethical Gray Zones in Genocidal Killing Camps -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Ethical Gray Zones -- Entrapment in an Ethical Gray Zone -- Ethics in the Gray Zones -- Return from the Gray Zones -- Transformations -- Conclusion -- 11 Bystanders to Genocide -- Introduction -- Bystanders and Complicity -- Martin Niemöller ’s Courage and Regrets -- A J. Topf & Sons: Manufacturing Hygiene -- Complicity of the Swastika Bedecked German Church -- Complicity of the Silent Neighboring Nations -- Conclusion -- 12 Cry Genocide! -- Introduction -- When and Why to Give the Cry: “Genocide!” -- The Choice to Give the Cry: “Genocide!” -- Some Risks in Raising the Cry of Genocide -- Conclusion -- 13 Postscript. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910725091803321 |
Wilson Paul E
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Homer, Humanism, Holocaust : Jewish Responses to the Crisis of Enlightenment During World War II / / by Adam J. Goldwyn
| Homer, Humanism, Holocaust : Jewish Responses to the Crisis of Enlightenment During World War II / / by Adam J. Goldwyn |
| Autore | Goldwyn Adam J. |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 pages) |
| Disciplina |
909.04924
940.531801 |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945
Intellectual life - History Jews - Study and teaching Classical literature Literature, Ancient History of World War II and the Holocaust Intellectual History Jewish Studies Classical and Antique Literature |
| ISBN |
9783031114731
9783031114724 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Homer and the Jews on the Cusp of World War 2 -- Chapter 2 Nihilism, Thoughtlessness, and the Bourgeois Odysseus: Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, and the Failure of Enlightenment Humanism -- Chapter 3 Reflections on a Damaged Life: Hermann Broch’s Mythical Method and Rachel Bespaloff’s On the Iliad -- Chapter 4 Odysseus’ (Memory) Scar: Geoffrey Hartman’s Erich Auerbach’s Odysseus -- Chapter 5 Hélène Cixous’ and Daniel Mendelsohn’s Postmemory Scars: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627283103321 |
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Goldwyn Adam J.
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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