Bringing the Sociological into the Discussion

Teaching the Sociology of Genocide and the Holocaust

Bibliographic Data

ID11061969
AuthorsDeborah A Abowitz (corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume30
Issue1
Pages26
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTeaching Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3211518
OpenAlexW2046018363
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

This paper illustrates the utility of sociological concepts and theory in teaching about genocide and the Holocaust. Sociology provides the theoretical tools necessary for us to meaningfully integrate research, teaching, and learning in this area. To move closer to explanation and prediction, we need to more fully develop a sociology of genocide and the Holocaust-one grounded, for example, in the study of collective behavior and social movements, in the study of social groups and group dynamics, in the interaction of structure and agency, and in the study of the social constructions of group identity. Examples drawn from several sociology courses are used to illustrate how the sociological can be integrated in the study of genocide and the Holocaust and how the study of the Holocaust can be integrated into our study of the sociological

Genocide · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · The Holocaust · Anthropology · European history and politics · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration

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