11 Fetishizing Evil and the Holocaust
Cathryn van Kessel; Francesca Catena; and Kim Edmondson
How might students understand how otherwise normal people can take part in a genocide like the Holocaust?
Note to Reader:
This lesson assumes that students already have a general sense of the events of the Second World War, including the Holocaust.
Learning Objectives
- Provide students with an overview of key ideas from Arendt and Becker
- Examine patterns of thought and behaviour that contribute to genocide and other violent actions
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(Created by C. van Kessel, F. Catena, & K. Edmondson, 2018)
