The Genocidal Mind Sociological and Sexual Perspectives

by Porter, Jack Nusan; Polonsky, Antony

• ISBN13: 9780761834007
• ISBN10: 0761834001
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-04
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The Genocidal Mind offers unique and under-explored analysis of the Holocaust and the phenomenon of 20th century genocide within a sociological framework.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments and Sources	xix
Introduction Genocide is a New Word for an Old Crime: Toward a Social Scientific Study of the Holocaust and Other International Crimes	1	(30)
Part I. Toward a Sociology of the Holocaust
Chapter 1 The Meaning of the Holocaust for Sociologists	31	(16)
Chapter 2 The Holocaust as a Sociological Construct	47	(6)
Chapter 3 Comparative Aspects of the Holocaust and Other Genocides	53	(6)
Chapter 4 Toward a Sociology of National Socialism	59	(12)
Part II. The Holocaust and Western Civilization
Chapter 5 The Role of the Holocaust in Western Civilization	71	(8)
Chapter 6 What is Evil? Some New Post-Modern Theories to Explain the Post 9/11 Era	79	(18)
Chapter 7 The Genocidal Mind: The Contribution of Erich Goldhagen to Holocaust Studies	97	(18)
Part III. Social and Sexual Deviance
Chapter 8 Genocide of Homosexuals in the Nazi Era	115	(16)
Chapter 9 Hitler: Sixteen Theories in Search of an Explanation	131	(10)
Chapter 10 Sexual Aberrations Among Nazi Leaders	141	(6)
Chapter 11 Holocaust Suicides	147	(20)
Part IV. Social and Psychological Issues
Chapter 12 Toward a Sociology of Evil: Why Men Kill	167	(8)
Chapter 13 The Goldhagen Controversy: A Response and a Solution	175	(6)
Chapter 14 Is There a Survivor's Syndrome? Psychological and Socio-Political Implications	181	(22)
Chapter 15 On Therapy, Research, and Other Dangerous Phenomena	203	(4)
Chapter 16 The Affirmation of Life After the Holocaust: The Contributions of Bettelheim, Lifton, and Frankl	207	(8)
Part V. The Future
Chapter 17 Holocaust Controversies	215	(8)
Chapter 18 Impaired Memories/Distorted History	223	(10)
Chapter 19 Toward a Sociology and History of Peace	233	(16)
The Ten Commandments of the Holocaust	249	(2)
Selected Bibliography on Genocide and the Holocaust	251	(2)
Index	253	(12)
About the Author	265