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Adolf Hitler
Amoral political rule
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Babii Yar
Background to the Holocaust
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causes of elite-driven genocide
Cultural Honor
Die Gartenlaube
elite power structures
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Ethical Strangers
Final Solution
German Elites
German imperialism
German social history
Higher Officer Corps
Hitler
Holocaust Kingdom
Interest Constellation
Meaningless Suffering
Modern German Nation State
Moral Indifference
moral philosophy
National social values
Navy League
Nazi Weltanschauung
Prussian State
Reich Security Head Office
SS Imperium
status insecurity theory
Symbolic Media
Tv Movie
Ultimate Hell
value conflict analysis
Vice Versa
Weimar political culture
West Germany
Wilhelminian Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9781032108292
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book, first published in 1981, is a study of the social and political sources of amoral political rule in modern times. Only a moral indifference unparalleled in history made the Holocaust possible, and by linking the German imperial ambitions to the meaningless suffering and death in the concentration camps, the true significance of the Holocaust is revealed in all its horror. Understanding this requires an understanding of the social forces that produced a national amorality among Germany’s elites. The author suggests three contributive causes: a marked ambiguity among Germans in their attitude towards social values; the development of a cadre characterized by status insecurity; and an inability to resolve internal conflict.
