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Probing the Limits of Categorization: The Bystander in Holocaust History (War and Genocide Book 27) by Susan Bachrach; Bart van der Boom; Froukje Demant; Remco Ensel; Norbert Frei; Mary Fulbrook; Evelien Gans; Jan Grabowski; Ido de Haan; Wulf Kansteiner; Susanne C Knittel; Adam Knowles; Christoph Kreutzmüller; Christina Morina; René Schlott; Jacques Semelin; Roma Sendyka; Krijn Thijs; Timothy Williams is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Probing the Limits of Categorization: The Bystander in Holocaust History (War and Genocide Book 27) about?
Of the three categories that Raul Hilberg developed in his analysis of the Holocaust—perpetrators, victims, and bystanders—it is the last that is the broadest and most difficult to pinpoint. Described by Hilberg as those who were “once a part of this history,” bystanders present unique challenges for those seeking to understand the decisions, attitudes, and self-understanding of historical actors who were neither obviously the instigators nor the targets of Nazi crimes. Combining historiographical, conceptual, and empirical perspectives on the bystander, the case studies in this book provide powerful insights into the complex social processes that accompany state-sponsored genocidal violence. ** Review “This collection stands as an extraordinary and incisive contribution to understanding the processes of extreme violence. Probing the Limits of Categorization is an important book that promises to provoke fruitful discussion.” • Peter Fritzsche , University of Illinois and author of An Iron Wind: Europe under Hitler “With its disciplinarily diverse contributions, this book offers a captivating and discerning overview of the ‘bystander’ in recent Holocaust studies, rethinking que
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- Author
- Susan Bachrach; Bart van der Boom; Froukje Demant; Remco Ensel; Norbert Frei; Mary Fulbrook; Evelien Gans; Jan Grabowski; Ido de Haan; Wulf Kansteiner; Susanne C Knittel; Adam Knowles; Christoph Kreutzmüller; Christina Morina; René Schlott; Jacques Semelin; Roma Sendyka; Krijn Thijs; Timothy Williams
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781789208115
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, True Crime, Crime