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Perpetrators in Holocaust Narratives Encountering the Nazi Beast 1st Edition by Joanne Pettitt ISBN 9783319525754 3319525751

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Author(s): Joanne Pettitt (auth.)

ISBN(s): 9783319525747, 9783319525754, 3319525743, 3319525751

Edition: 1

File Details: PDF, 12.84 MB

Year: 2017

Language: English

SKU: EB-5882620 Category: Psychology - Social Psychology Tag: Joanne Pettitt (auth.)

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ISBN 10: 3319525751
ISBN 13: 9783319525754
Author: Joanne Pettitt

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of representations of Holocaust perpetrators in literature. Such texts, often rather controversially, seek to undo the myth of pure evil that surrounds the Holocaust and to reconstruct the perpetrator in more human (“banal”) terms. Following this line of thought, protagonists frequently place emphasis on the contextual or situational factors that led up to the genocide. A significant consequence of this is the impact that it has on the reader, who is thereby drawn into the narrative as a potential perpetrator who could, in similar circumstances, have acted in similar ways. The tensions that this creates, especially in relation to the construction of empathy, constitutes a major focus of this work. Making use of in excess of sixty primary sources, this work explores fictional accounts of Holocaust perpetration as well as Nazi memoirs. It will be of interest to anyone working in the broad areas of Holocaust literature and/or perpetrator studies.

Perpetrators in Holocaust Narratives Encountering the Nazi Beast 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Introduction

Humanising Evil

Situation Perpetration

Notes

Part I On the Humanity of Nazis: Establishing (Un-)Commonality with the Reader

2 Nazis in Society

Homogeneity as Identity

Notes

3 Subverting Connections with the Reader

Alternative Values or A New Theology

Sex and Power