The Mentality of Mass Murder
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Köp båda 2 för 558 krA strong, wide-ranging contribution to the field of genocide studies, well worth reading.Ben Kiernan, author of Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur -- Ben Kiernan Extraordinary . . . With a steady gaze, a cool head, and an incisive ability to express the most complex questions in simple and direct language, [Abram de Swaan] has produced a powerful and convincing account of the peculiar social and psychological conditions that give rise to mass murder.Stephen Budiansky, Wall Street Journal * Wall Street Journal * The Killing Compartments is exceptionally clearly written, and the author eschews almost completely the jargon and pseudoscientific labelling of the obvious that is the bane of academic sociology. . . . Mr. de Swaan has dispelled many pernicious myths and offered much clarity and wisdom on a subject whose very enormity would overwhelm most who dared to venture into it.Stephen Budiansky, Wall Street Journal Europe -- Stephen Budiansky * Wall Street Journal European Edition * Insightful . . . [and] compelling.Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Huffington Post * De Swaan makes a persuasive case.Louisa Lombard, Pacific Standard -- Louisa Lombard * Pacific Standard * A thoroughly researched, authoritative, and well-written study.Mark Arnold, Jewish Journal (Salem, Mass.) -- Mark Arnold * Jewish Journal *
Abram de Swaan is emeritus university professor of social science at the University of Amsterdam, where he has been a professor of sociology since 1973. He lives in Amsterdam.