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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521582113

ISBN-139780521582117

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Number of Pages276 Pages

Publication NameEthics and Extermination : Reflections on Nazi Genocide

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectDeath & Dying, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Europe / Germany, Genocide & War Crimes, General, Europe / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorMichael Burleigh

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN96-047660

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'I like books which make me think. Michael Burleigh poses troubling questions and shows how interacting ideas and policies - a colonising mission, eugenics, euthanasia - were gradually transformed and then fused by the opportunity of war into genocide and the Final Solution.' Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1997 Book of the Year, , The Sunday Telegraph, 'This is a formidable achievement. As Auden forecast, accurate scholarship may uncover what has driven a culture mad: here is a contribution to that process.'Social History of Medicine, 'This marvellously varied collection of his essays ... Burleigh's work stands out for three reasons. First, he never loses sight of the fact that those involved were human beings. His use of evidence that illuminates individual experience is consistently superb and often painfully memorable. Second, he writes without jargon in an unaffected and often arresting style. And third, he does not strike facile moralising poses.'Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘This is a marvellous book that can be read … by anyone interested in the Nazi period and the ethical and philosophical issues it throws up … detailed historical research of the highest quality … the style is direct, gripping and unevasive in its conclusions … can only encourage people at least not to miss this book.’John Shand, Journal of Medical Ethics, 'This book is to be very strongly recommended for its scholarship, clarity, and contemporary relevance.'Journal of Forensic Medicine, ‘I like books which make me think. Michael Burleigh poses troubling questions and shows how interacting ideas and policies - a colonising mission, eugenics, euthanasia - were gradually transformed and then fused by the opportunity of war into genocide and the Final Solution.’Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1997 Book of the Year, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘This marvellously varied collection of his essays … Burleigh’s work stands out for three reasons. First, he never loses sight of the fact that those involved were human beings. His use of evidence that illuminates individual experience is consistently superb and often painfully memorable. Second, he writes without jargon in an unaffected and often arresting style. And third, he does not strike facile moralising poses.’Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph, "...Burleigh's work stands out for three reasons. First, he never loses sight of the fact that all those involved--perpetrators, victims and those...who ended up being both--were human beings. His use of the evidence that illuminates individual experience is consistently superb and often painfully memorable. Second, he writes without jargon in an unaffected and often arresting style. And third, he does not strike facile moralistic poses. All these qualities are abundantly in evidence in his powerful chapter on the Nazi-Soviet war: a tour de force which evokes the horror of that conflict more vividly than anything I have ever read." Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘This book is to be very strongly recommended for its scholarship, clarity, and contemporary relevance.’Journal of Forensic Medicine, 'This is a marvellous book that can be read ... by anyone interested in the Nazi period and the ethical and philosophical issues it throws up ... detailed historical research of the highest quality ... the style is direct, gripping and unevasive in its conclusions ... can only encourage people at least not to miss this book.' John Shand, Journal of Medical Ethics, 'This marvellously varied collection of his essays â€¦ Burleigh's work stands out for three reasons. First, he never loses sight of the fact that those involved were human beings. His use of evidence that illuminates individual experience is consistently superb and often painfully memorable. Second, he writes without jargon in an unaffected and often arresting style. And third, he does not strike facile moralising poses.' Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph, 'I like books which make me think. Michael Burleigh poses troubling questions and shows how interacting ideas and policies - a colonising mission, eugenics, euthanasia - were gradually transformed and then fused by the opportunity of war into genocide and the Final Solution.'Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1997 Book of the Year, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘… powerfully written, intellectually challenging and morally courageous. It should be read by anyone who wants to know more about our century’s inhuman practices … and should be required reading for students of Nazism.’Omer Bartov, The Times Literary Supplement, "...Burleigh's essays are solidly researched and sound in judgment. ...undergraduate and graduate students may find some of the essays helpful." Richard Weikart, German Studies Review, 'This book is to be very strongly recommended for its scholarship, clarity, and contemporary relevance.' Journal of Forensic Medicine, 'This is a marvellous book that can be read ... by anyone interested in the Nazi period and the ethical and philosophical issues it throws up ... detailed historical research of the highest quality ... the style is direct, gripping and unevasive in its conclusions ... can only encourage people at least not to miss this book.'John Shand, Journal of Medical Ethics, 'This is a marvellous book that can be read â€¦ by anyone interested in the Nazi period and the ethical and philosophical issues it throws up â€¦ detailed historical research of the highest quality â€¦ the style is direct, gripping and unevasive in its conclusions â€¦ can only encourage people at least not to miss this book.' John Shand, Journal of Medical Ethics, "...it would be a mistake to ignore Ethics and Extermination, a powerful and informative volume... This well-written...volume provides much historical detail, new information, and clarifying theoretical argument regarding the nature and conditions of the Holocaust..." Paul Hollander, Partisan Review, This well-written and sometimes justifiably polemical volume provides much historical detail, new information, and clarifying theoretical argument regarding the nature and conditions of the Holocaust." Partisan Review, 'â€¦ powerfully written, intellectually challenging and morally courageous. It should be read by anyone who wants to know more about our century's inhuman practices â€¦ and should be required reading for students of Nazism.' Omer Bartov, The Times Literary Supplement, "These essays are distinguished and distinctive contributions...they reveal much about the personal reference points of a leading authority on Nazi Germany, while further consolidating his scholarly achievement." Paul Weindling, Canadian Journal of History, 'This is a formidable achievement. As Auden forecast, accurate scholarship may uncover what has driven a culture mad: here is a contribution to that process.' Social History of Medicine, '... powerfully written, intellectually challenging and morally courageous. It should be read by anyone who wants to know more about our century's inhuman practices ... and should be required reading for students of Nazism.'Omer Bartov, The Times Literary Supplement, ‘This is a formidable achievement. As Auden forecast, accurate scholarship may uncover what has driven a culture mad: here is a contribution to that process.’Social History of Medicine

Dewey Decimal940.54/05

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. The Germans and the East: 1. The knights, nationalists and the historians; 2. Albert Brackmann, Ostforscher: the years of retirement; 3. 'See you again in Siberia': the German-Soviet war and other tragedies; Part II. 'Euthanasia': 4. Psychiatry, German society and the Nazi 'euthanasia' programme; 5. The churches, eugenics and the Nazi 'euthanasia' programme; 6. The Nazi analogy and contemporary debates on euthanasia; Part III. Extermination: 7. The racial state revisited; 8. A 'political economy of the Final Solution'? Reflections on modernity, historians and the Holocaust; 9. The realm of shadows: recent writing on the Holocaust.

SynopsisThis series of essays by one of today's most original and prolific scholars on German racial policy concerns three interrelated aspects of Nazi Germany: relations with 'the east', 'euthanasia' and extermination. They are linked closely by the sub-themes of professionals or 'experts' and an interest in competing systems of morality. The collection includes important and wholly new contributions to the German-Soviet war and other national tragedies; to the controversial question of whether the Nazi analogy has any relevance to contemporary ethical discussions; and to the contemporary historiography, including works of fiction and literary criticism, of the Holocaust. The product of twelve years' research on Nazi Germany, the book will be essential reading for anyone interested in scholarship on the period, or indeed in how we might view the period in future decades., This series of essays by one of today's most original and prolific scholars on German racial policy concern three interrelated aspects of Nazi Germany: relations with "the East," "euthanasia," and extermination. The collection includes important and wholly new contributions to the German-Soviet war and other national tragedies; to the controversial question of whether the Nazi analogy has any relevance to contemporary ethical discussions; and to the contemporary historiography, including works of fiction and literary criticism, of the Holocaust., This series of essays concern three interrelated aspects of Nazi Germany: relations with 'the east', 'euthanasia' and extermination. The book includes important contributions on the German-Soviet war, euthanasia, and the relevance of the Nazi experience to the current debate about the Holocaust.

LC Classification NumberD804.G4 B777 1997