Physical Description
xix, 252 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
The enthusiasts of death
The indifference thesis and science as power
Scientific practice and the assault on the Jewish body
Psychotic preconditions to mass murder
Documentary evidence against indifference
The phobic group and the constructed enemy
The uniqueness of the Holocaust
Taboo, blood, and purification ritual
Murderous groups as normal groups
Psychosis and the moral position of enthusiasm
The politics and process of hate.
ISBN
0465098444
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.
The enthusiasts of death -- The indifference thesis and science as power -- Scientific practice and the assault on the Jewish body -- Psychotic preconditions to mass murder -- Documentary evidence against indifference -- The phobic group and the constructed enemy -- The uniqueness of the Holocaust -- Taboo, blood, and purification ritual -- Murderous groups as normal groups -- Psychosis and the moral position of enthusiasm -- The politics and process of hate.
