HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
2291 - The Holocaust and the Phenomenon of Genocide
Erich Goldhagen
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Feb. 7
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Introduction
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Feb. 14
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a. Dehumanization and Scapegoating
b. The Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
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Reading:
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Bandura, "The Disengagement of Internal Control" (Sourcebook)
Allport, "The ABC's of Scapegoating" (Sourcebook)
Dawidowicz, Ch. 2
Dimsdale, Ch. 2 (Sourcebook)
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Feb. 28
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a. The Ethos of Nazism
b. The Role of Hitler
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Reading:
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Goldhagen, "Nazi Sexual Demonology" (Sourcebook)
Ruth Benedict, Race: Science and Politics (On Reserve)
Dawidowicz. Ch.1; Chalk and Jonassohn, pp.323-377
Goldhagen, "Obsession and Realpolitik in the 'Final Solution'" (Sourcebook)
Goldhagen, "Speer, Himmler ... " (Sourcebook)
Jaeckel, Hitler's World View; entire
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March 7
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a. The Nazi Execution Squads
b. The Mentality of the Executioners
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Reading:
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Hilberg, "Mobile Killing Operations" (Sourcebook)
Browning, C.R., Ordinary Men, Chs. 1-18
Zimbardo, "The Psychology of Imprisonment" (Sourcebook)
Dimsdale, Chs. 11-14, 16 (Sourcebook)
Berger, P.L., Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective, entire
Milgram, "Behavioral Study of Obedience" (Sourcebook)
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March 14
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a. The Nazi Concentration Camps
b. Human Behavior in Catastrophic Situations
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Reading:
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Dimsdale, Chs. 4, 6, 9, 10 (Sourcebook)
Levi, P. Survival at Auschwitz, entire
Frankl, V.E., Man's Search for Meaning (On Reserve entire)
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March 21
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a. The Social World of the Ghetto
b. Onlookers
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Reading:
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Dawidowicz, Chs. 9-16
Goldhagen, "The Mind and Spirit..." (Sourcebook)
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April 4
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a. The Themes of Coercion and Violence in the Communist Ethos
b. The Stalinist Terror
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Reading:
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Conquest, R. Stalin, Breaker of Nations, Chs. 1-15
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,entire.
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April 11
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a. The Destruction of the Armenians
b. The Slaughters in Cambodia
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Reading:
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Ravich, (Sourcebook); Chalk and Joanssohn, pp249-289
Chalk and Jonassohn, pp. 398-407
Kiernan, B., Boua, C., Peasants and Politica in Kampuchea, 1942-1981, Ch. 10 (on reserve)
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April 18
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a. Massacres and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia
b. Mass Slaughters in the Third World (Indonesia, Burundi and Bangladesh)
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Reading:
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Misha Glenny, The Fall of Yugoslavia, entire Chalk and Jonassohn, pp. 378-397; 408-414
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April 25
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a. On Human Aggression
b. Concluding reflections
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Reading:
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Storr, Human Aggression (Sourcebook)
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Films will be shown on Tuesday Nights beginning at 7:30pm in
the Science Center
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Feb. 22
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"The Eternal Jew" (Nazi propaganda Film)
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Science Center A
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March 1
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"Milgram's Experiment on Obedience to Authority" and "Europa Europa"
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Science Center A
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March 8
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Excerpts from "Shoah"
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Science Center E or B (TBA)
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March 15
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"The Ambulance" and "Return to Auschwitz"
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Science Center A
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March 22
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"Rumkowski: Leader of the Lodz Ghetto"
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Science Center A
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Reading List
All assigned readings have been put on reserve at the Lamont and Hilles Libraries
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Berger, Peter
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Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
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Browning, Christopher R.
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
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Chalk, F and Jonassohn K
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The History and Sociology of Genocide
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Conquest, Robert
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Stalin: Breaker of Nations
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Dawidowicz, Lucy
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The War Against the Jews
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Glenny, M
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The Fall of Yugoslavia
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Jäckel, E
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Hitler's World View
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Levi, P.
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Survival in Auschwitz
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Solzhenitsyn, A.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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