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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Marcus, Paul, 1953- Autonomy in the extreme situation. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)606478579 Online version: Marcus, Paul, 1953- Autonomy in the extreme situation. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607140839 |
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Named Person: | Bruno Bettelheim; Bruno Bettelheim; Bruno Bettelheim; Bruno Bettelheim; Bruno Bettelheim |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Marcus; Mazal Holocaust Collection. |
ISBN: | 0275947254 9780275947255 |
OCLC Number: | 39256217 |
Description: | xiv, 212 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Concordance of Opposites and the Mass Society -- 3. Bettelheim's Analysis of the Mass Society -- 4. Concentration Camp Inmate Behavior Dialectically Conceptualized -- 5. Autonomous Behavior in the Concentration Camps -- 6. "Survival at Any Price" in the Concentration Camps -- 7. The Critics -- 8. Resisting the Negative Aspects of the Mass Society. |
Responsibility: | Paul Marcus. |
Abstract:
This work presents an attempt to elucidate and develop Bettelheim's controversial insights on the behaviour of concentration camp inmates. A discussion of the significance of Bettelheim's findings about inmate behaviour and how we can protect ourselves against assaults on our autonomy.
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects.
- Oppression (Psychology)
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