Isbn: 9780709906568 - holocaust and the german elite, 1871-1945 (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. First edition. `Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reflects on the factors that determined both Germany's suicidal drive toward "empire building", i.e. toward the world war, and the Nazi policy of genocide. Argues that antisemitism by itself, or the psychopathologies of the perpetrators, as well as Hitler's dubious charisma and the German elites' doubtful ideological fervor, cannot explain the Holocaust. It was the moral indifference of the German elites that made the genocide possible. Reflects on the cultural and social sources of this national amorality. Its roots lie in the specific character of Germany's unification and industrialization in the late 19th century. The Wilhelmine Empire brought together dissimilar value communities, differing both from region to region and along class and status lines. The institutionalization of value dissensus, as well as the emergence of elite groups characterized by status insecurity (a result of rapid industrialization), brought about competition between elite groups, uncritical acceptance of work ethics, and the dehumanization of human beings in the perception of German bureaucracies.…

Zustand: Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.; Dust jacket slightly worn along the edges.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 374 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and index. Subjects; Geschichte 1871-1945. 1939-1945. Elite (Social sciences) Germany History. Social values. Social ethics. Genocide Germany History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Germany. Social Values. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Very Good.