The Genocidal Mind offers unique and under-explored analyses of the Holocaust and the phenomenon of 20th century genocide within a sociological framework. With reference to contemporary scholarly work and using the latest in social structural, psychoanalytical, post-modern, chaos, and uncertainty theory, Dr. Porter attempts to explain why people dehumanize and kill other innocent people. The author also probes the deviant, sexual side of the Nazi party, including the mind of Adolf Hitler.

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction SECTION I: APPROACHES TO GENOCIDE State Power and Genocidal Intent: On the Uses of Genocide in the Twentieth Century R.W.Smith Science, Modernity and Authorized Terror: Reconsidering the Genocidal State I.L.Horowitz Comparison of Genocides Y.Bauer SECTION II: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A Conceptual Method for Examining the Consequences of the Armenian Genocide R.P.Adalian Philosophy of State-Subject Relations, Ottoman Concepts of Tyranny, and the Demonization of Subjects: Conservative Ottomanism as a Source of Genocidal Behaviour, 1821-1918 J.J.Reid The Convergent Roles of the State and a Governmental Party in the Armenian Genocide V.N.Dadrian The Genocide of the Armenians and the Silence of the Turks T.Akcam Turkey: A Cultural Genocide A.Hovannisian SECTION III: COMPARATIVE GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE DENIAL, AND GENOCIDE PREVENTION Testing Theories Brutally: L Armenia (1915), Bosnia (1922), and Rwanda (1994) H.Fein Enver Pasha and Pol Pot: A Comparison of the Armenian and Cambodian Genocides B.Kiernan The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33: The Role of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Research and Public Discussion F.Sysyn The Psychology and Politics of Genocide Denial: A Comparison of Four Case Studies H.R.Huttenback Breaking the Succession of Evil F.H.Littell Preventing Genocide: Activating Bystanders, Helping Victims Heal, Helping Groups Overcome Hostility E.Staub Index

This essay is a response to questions raised by my review of a book by Uta Gerhardt called Talcott Parsons on National Socialism.In short, I found many issues unresolved in the Cold War years from 1946 to 1954 at Harvard University, especially the role of Talcott Parons and Clyde Kluckhohn in allegedly bringing Nazi collaborators to the United States. I have tried to address these controversial issues in this response.

I must admit that when I was going to graduate school at Northwestern University from 1967 to 1971, Talcott Parsons was considered by my cohort to be a distant, grandfatherly-type figure overshadowed by C. Wright Mills and other radical sociologists. In fact, in 1969 when he came to campus to speak on family ties and kinship relations, it was at the behest of a Professor Francis Hsu, an anthropologist who specialized in the Chinese family. The sociology department for the most part, was cool to his coming. But it is clear that in our youthful certainty, we were too hard on him, thinking that he was another Sorokin or Pareto-forlorn and nearly forgotten figures except for a concept or two. Parsons has not been forgotten. In fact, he seems to have increased in visibility, having been rediscovered by a new generation of theorists. A strong interest has also emanated from Germany. Uta Gerhardt is a medical sociologist and Director of the Medical Sociology Unit at Justus Liebig University in Giessen. The present volume came out of a recent sabbatical she spent as a Research Associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Her research into the Parson papers at the Harvard University Archives is archival and oral history at its best, particularly since Mrs. Helen W. Parsons granted permission to re-publish previously published and unpublished works. The book consists of 14 articles, radio broadcasts, speeches, addresses, and position papers dealing with Germany, National Socialism, fascism, or

Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders by RAUL HILBERG. Sew York:Harper Collins, Aaron Asher Books, 1992, 340 pp. $25 (Cloth) $35 Canada. Modernity and the Holocaust by ZYGMUNT BAUMAN. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992, 238 pp. S1S.9S (Paper). The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust by TOM SEGEV, translated by Haim Watzman. New York: Hill & Wang, 1993, 593 pp. $27.50 (cloth). Professions of a Lucky Jew by BENNO WEISER VARON. New York: Cornwall Books, 1992, 431 pp. S24.50 (cloth).

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Journal of the History of the Behavioral SciencesVolume 18, Issue 2 p. 193-194 Book Review Dennis B. Klein. Jewish origins of the psychoanalytic movement. New York: Praeger, 1981. xvi + 199 pp. Jack Nusan Porter, Jack Nusan PorterSearch for more papers by this author Jack Nusan Porter, Jack Nusan PorterSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1982 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6696(198204)18:2<193::AID-JHBS2300180214>3.0.CO;2-GAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume18, Issue2April 1982Pages 193-194 RelatedInformation