Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
European Journal of Social Theory
Angaben zur Quelle:
7,1 (2004) 45-65
Keywords:
Genocide History 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
National socialism
Abstract:
A comparison of the Holocaust with other genocides. Contends that in order to understand how civilized people can act savagely, one needs to consider the apparently innate desire to transgress the law and the innate capacity to kill.
Note:
Appeared also in his "History, Memory and Mass Atrocity" (2006) 196-216.
DOI:
10.1177/1368431004040019
URL:
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