Genocide: totalitarianism, ideology and the individual
N White
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
The Holocaust will be studied in this subject. Topics include theories of genocide; the institutionalisation of prejudice and discrimination; Jewish life before World War II; the rise of Nazism; the Nazi program of genocide; individual and collective action and inaction in genocidal regimes; the limits of representation of the Holocaust.
Assessment
Three book reviews (1000 words each): 20% each * Seminar summary and presentation (500 words): 10% * Essay (3000 words): 30%
Recommended texts
Levi P The drowned and the saved Michael Joseph, 1988
Weisenthal S The sunflower Schocken, 1976