TY - BOOK AU - Gabel,Stewart TI - How Dehumanization Leads to Murder and Genocide: Lessons from the Nazi Era SN - 9798887193045 AV - HV6322.7 .G33 2023 U1 - 304.6/63 23/eng/20230609 PY - 2023///] CY - Boston, MA PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Genocide KW - Psychological aspects KW - DLC KW - Murder KW - Nazis KW - Psychology KW - RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict KW - bisacsh KW - Dehumanization, Murder and genocide, Nazi era, Holocaust, Anti-semitism, Concentration camps, Judaic studies and World War II, Adolph Hitler N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. A Brief History of the Jews from Antiquity through the Middle Ages --; 2. Antisemitism and Dehumanization of the Jews in the Modern Period. Enlightenment and Emancipation. Political Antisemitism --; 3. Dehumanization. Research. Definitions. Examples in the Nazi Era --; 4. The Human Propensity toward Violence, Destruction, and Murder. Prohibitions against Killing Other Humans. Examples of the Tendency toward Violence and Murder in the Nazi Era --; 5. The Progression from Dehumanization to Murder and Genocide in the Nazi Era --; 6. Dehumanization of School-Aged Children in Nazi Germany --; 7. Medical Implementation of Aryan Ideology: Sterilization, Euthanasia, Experimentation --; 8. Summary and Conclusions. Alternative Approaches. Addressing Dehumanization --; References --; Index; restricted access N2 - This book discusses psychological aspects of dehumanization and of the human tendency to dominate, control and potentially murder those considered less than or “other” by the dominant group. It explores how increasingly severe dehumanization resulted in the genocide of six million Jews in the second World War. Psychological and behavioral strategies Nazi aggressors and ordinary citizens used to mislead themselves during this process are described. Understanding the sequence of events from dehumanization to murder has implications for the apparent tendency of human beings to harm and potentially kill those who appear “different”, or who are made into the “other”. Efforts to prevent genocide should actively challenge dehumanization of weaker populations whenever possible, even when dehumanization appears mild, “insignificant,” or “innocuous.” UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9798887193045 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9798887193045 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9798887193045/original ER -