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Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
SCY2051/3051
Genocide: totalitarianism, ideology and the individual
Proposed to be offered next in 1997
N White
8 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites:
First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Synopsis 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
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