Against the Indifference Hypothesis
The Holocaust and the Enthusiasts for Murder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6336166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Gla, James M Glass (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-145 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0162-895x.00049 |
| OpenAlex | W1991833599 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This essay takes issue with what is known as the “indifference” hypothesis regarding the murder of Jews during the Holocaust. The Germans' fear of typhus, their perception of the Jew as poisonous, biological matter, “life unworthy of life,” created a group state of mind in which many individual Germans, particularly those in the professions, enthusiastically participated in the logistics, machinery, ideology and legitimation of mass murder
Criminology · Ideology · Legitimation · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · State (computer science · The Holocaust · European history and politics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |