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Starta erbjudandet“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.""—Newsweek
Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews—now with a new afterword and additional photographs.
Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as round-ups of Jewish people for deportation to Nazi death camps in Poland in 1942. Browning argues that most of the men of RPB 101 were not fanatical Nazis but, rather, ordinary middle-aged, working-class men who committed these atrocities out of a mixture of motives, including the group dynamics of conformity, deference to authority, role adaptation, and the altering of moral norms to justify their actions. Very quickly three groups emerged within the battalion: a core of eager killers, a plurality who carried out their duties reliably but without initiative, and a small minority who evaded participation in the acts of killing without diminishing the murderous efficiency of the battalion whatsoever.
While this book discusses a specific Reserve Unit during WWII, the general argument Browning makes is that most people succumb to the pressures of a group setting and commit actions they would never do of their own volition.
Ordinary Men is a powerful, chilling, and important work with themes and arguments that continue to resonate today.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062981486
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 7 april 2020
“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.""—Newsweek
Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews—now with a new afterword and additional photographs.
Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as round-ups of Jewish people for deportation to Nazi death camps in Poland in 1942. Browning argues that most of the men of RPB 101 were not fanatical Nazis but, rather, ordinary middle-aged, working-class men who committed these atrocities out of a mixture of motives, including the group dynamics of conformity, deference to authority, role adaptation, and the altering of moral norms to justify their actions. Very quickly three groups emerged within the battalion: a core of eager killers, a plurality who carried out their duties reliably but without initiative, and a small minority who evaded participation in the acts of killing without diminishing the murderous efficiency of the battalion whatsoever.
While this book discusses a specific Reserve Unit during WWII, the general argument Browning makes is that most people succumb to the pressures of a group setting and commit actions they would never do of their own volition.
Ordinary Men is a powerful, chilling, and important work with themes and arguments that continue to resonate today.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062981486
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 7 april 2020
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Måns
28 okt. 2021
En av de hemskaste böcker jag läst. Bröt faktiskt ihop i fikarummet på jobbet. Det kunde varit jag som behandlade medmänniskor på detta sätt. Jag viste det tidigare, men jag har aldrig fått det så effektivt visat.
David
7 jan. 2022
Det här är en nyttig bok som alla borde läsa. Folk borde speciellt läsa den innan valtider! Den visar verkligen hur enkelt människor blint följer sina ledare. Känns även relevant här i Sverige. Rekommenderas starkt!
Natalia
5 nov. 2022
En bok som får en att inse hur lätt det är att få massor att bli omedvetet onda. Otroligt lärorik bok som jag rekommenderar alla att läsa.
Henrik
19 jan. 2023
Halva boken är mest en redogörelse för alla hemskheter som nazisten gjorde med en uppräkning av antal dödade. Andra halvan är den som är intressant. I den delen försöker man förklara hur det går att få vanliga människor att utföra dessa hemskheter.
Marcus
28 juli 2020
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