The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust: A Comparative History of Persecution (A Modern History of Politics and Violence)

This book provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this analysis with the experiences of people who have been colonized or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, the book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', with its insistence on colonial intent as the reason for victimization in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made that respects each group of victims in their uniqueness. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence. Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Acknowledgements 9 List of Abbreviations 11 Introduction: Comparative Histories of Persecution 12 Persecution and the formulas of genocide 14 The ‘shared sense’ of victims 30 Part 1 Slavery 36 Chapter 1 A World of Slaves 40 The ‘shared sense’ of slavery 41 The slaveholder consciousness, 1784–1831 45 Chapter 2 The Formula and ‘the Being of Slavery’ 55 The consciousness of being a slave 55 ‘You see me here now’ 57 Slaves’ subject positions 61 The intuited formula of slavery 68 Part 2 Colonialism 72 Chapter 3 A World of Colonies and the Evolving Colonial Consciousness 74 The emerging colonial consciousness, 1440–1800 74 Europeans imagine Southwest Africa, 1806–60 78 The ‘world’ before colonies 82 Chapter 4 The Empirical Colony in German Southwest Africa and a Formula of Colonization 89 The colonial consciousness on paper, 1880–5 89 Colony by contract, 1884–9 96 The colonial consciousness, 1890–3 98 Colonial massacre and colonial consciousness 100 The colonial consciousness, 1894–1903 103 Chapter 5 From a Formula for Colonization to a Formula of Extermination and Victims’ ‘Shared Sense’ 109 The Leutwein system 109 Victims of persecution 111 The ‘exterminatory consciousness’, 1904–5 112 The ‘shared sense’ of genocide 116 (Re-)iterations of the colonized consciousness, 1904–8 122 Part 3 The Holocaust 126 Chapter 6 An Aryan World and the ‘Worldlessness’ of Jews1 132 The ‘exterminatory consciousness’ before 19402 132 The ‘exterminatory consciousness’, 1940–5 137 The formulas of extermination 144 Chapter 7 ‘Being’ Exterminated and the Formulas of Extermination 147 The ‘shared sense’ of persecution in the death camps 147 ‘Shared sense’ of victimization in two non-Reinhard death camps 161 The Holocaust victims’ ‘shared sense’ 164 Conclusion: Observations on the Future Store,1 the Future Map and the Future 168 The formulas of persecution and victimization 168 The ‘Future Store’,13 the Future Map, the Future 170 Notes 178 Bibliography 242 Name Index 258 Subject Index 263 " The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this with the experiences of people who have been colonised or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, this book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', which regularly conflates and oversimplifies studies of the Holocaust in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence. "-- "An exploration of the Holocaust victim experience that comparatively contrasts the differing experiences of colonised peoples and slaves in early America"-- "The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this with the experiences of people who have been colonised or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, this book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', which regularly conflates and oversimplifies studies of the Holocaust in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence."-- Provided by publisher A Comparative History of Persecution and Victim Experience provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this with the experiences of people who have been colonised or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, this book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', which regularly conflates and oversimplifies studies of the Holocaust in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, Colonisation, Slavery and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence. List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Comparative Histories of PersecutionPart I: Slavery1. A World of Slaves2. The Formula and 'the Being of Slavery'Part II: Colonialism3. A World of Colonies and the Evolving Colonial Consciousness4. The Empirical Colony in German Southwest Africa and a Formula of Colonization5. From a Formula for Colonization to a Formula of Extermination and Victims' 'Shared Sense'Part III: The Holocaust6. An Aryan World and the 'Worldlessness' of Jews7. 'Being' Exterminated and the Formulas of ExterminationConclusion: Observations on the Future Store, the Future Map and the FutureNotesBibliographyName IndexSubject Index Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Part I - 'Being' Exterminated -- 1. Neither Race nor Ethnicity: The Construction of an Exterminated Community -- 2. Ontologically Pure Space -- Part 2 - 'Being' Colonized -- 3. Both Race and Ethnicity: The Construction of a Subaltern Community -- 4. Following the Dialectic to Produce the Colonizer -- Part III - 'Being' Enslaved -- 5. To Imagine 'Being' Free -- 6. The Social Institution of Slavery and the Constitution of the Slave Owning Subject -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. "An exploration of the Holocaust victim experience that comparatively contrasts the differing experiences of colonised peoples and slaves in early America"-- Provided by publisher