Genocide, War, and Human Survival

by Charles B. Strozier (Editor), Michael Flynn (Editor)

From the tragic workings of the Holocaust and Hiroshima to contemporary examples of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda, this provocative collection of original essays examines the enduring impact of cataclysmic events on the modern human psyche. Inspired by the career of Robert Jay Lifton, the distinguished contributors use a wide range of disciplinary and methodological approaches to probe society, culture, and politics in the nuclear age and they explore the therapeutic value of artistic expression to witnesses and survivors of mass violence. The essays convey a message of hope by displaying the remarkable diversity of human responses to extreme adversity and by concluding that intellectuals and professionals have an abiding obligation to act responsibly in a world of violence and to provide healing images of transformation. Contributors: Paul Boyer, John M. Broughton, Harvey Cox, Wendy Doniger, Bonnie Dugger, Kai Erikson, Richard Falk, Michael Flynn, Eva Fogelman, John Fousek, Elinor Fuchs, Lane Gerber, Charles Green, Hillel Levine, John E. Mack, Karen Malpede, Eric Markusen, Saul Mendlovitz, Greg Mitchell, George L. Mosse, Ashis Nandy, Martin J. Sherwin, Victor W. Sidel, Bennett Simon, Charles B. Strozier, Steven M. Weine, Roger Williamson, Howard Zin

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1996

Reviews

[Edd Simmons · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book from my school library and thought It was not as good as I thought it would be, but it made for good reading 📖. Have you wondered why walking into such institutions of the archives of academia you find history books next to the communications studies pile? 🦆. Maybe connecting the dots to the causalities of genocide & massive waves & attacks of war like Hiroshima, and putting them into perspective as a whole collective reference of essays is one thing to do. With such a sensitive subject ranging from the above to the Holocaust this gives us a deeper understanding of who we are.

[Benjamin]

The authors are incorrect in the listing for this book. They are actually Michael Flynn and Charles Strozier. I work with them at the Center on Terrorism at John Jay, and have alerted them to (what I assume is) Amazon.com's error.