SOCI 326 Chapter Notes -Racial Hygiene, Neo-Nazism
13 Apr 2013
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Four mechanisms: socialization mechanism, frustration-aggression mechanism, competition mechanism, mobilization mechanism. *education is rarely an independent cause of ethnic violence but is a background condition. Nazi support among the educated: socialization mechanism. Education socialized students to support nationalism and anti-semitism. Nazis reformed educational system to promote racial hygiene and anti-semitism (primary, secondary and university level) Educated people were at greater risk of being mobilized coopted. Professional, patriotic, youth and student associations were infiltrated and coopted. Nazi support among university students and medical doctors: University students were probably first to support nazi movement. 45% of doctors joined nazi party highest in any other occupation. Only because it was combined with education socialization was violence promoted. Frustration aggression mechanism: university students and doctors shared high expectations frustrations caused radicalism. Mobilization: many student groups and fraternities and medical associations allowed for cooptation by nazi leaders. Major political goal-legalization of nazi movement shared racist ideas embraced violence differences targets immigrants.
