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How Holocausts Happen
Douglas Porpora
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Description for How Holocausts Happen
Paperback. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of US participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, this title demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 458. Weight in Grams: 295.
"History repeats itself, but it never repeats itself exactly," observes Douglas Porpora in this powerful indictment of U.S. intervention in Central America. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of U.S. participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, and the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador among others, Porpora demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response. With reference to Hannah Arendt's thesis of the banality of evil, he develops the concept of a "Holocaust-like event" and examines how even a democratic society can be ... Read more
"History repeats itself, but it never repeats itself exactly," observes Douglas Porpora in this powerful indictment of U.S. intervention in Central America. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of U.S. participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, and the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador among others, Porpora demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response. With reference to Hannah Arendt's thesis of the banality of evil, he develops the concept of a "Holocaust-like event" and examines how even a democratic society can be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9780877229230
SKU
V9780877229230
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About Douglas Porpora
Douglas V. Porpora is Associate Professor of Sociology at Drexel University.
Reviews for How Holocausts Happen
"This book is not a polemic treatise but a powerful, well-researched account that sensitizes any reader to the ways in which in-difference permits brutality and genocide." —John M. Swomley, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City "Porpora has brought together materials and insights which extend the bounds of holocaust thinking, reveal new insights in the Nazi holocaust and the shaping ... Read more