Protectors of Pluralism - Religious Minorities Rescue of Jews in Low Countries During

Protectors of Pluralism argues that local religious minorities are more likely to save persecuted groups from purification campaigns. Robert Braun utilizes a geo-referenced dataset of Jewish evasion in the Netherlands and Belgium during the Holocaust to assess the minority hypothesis. Spatial statistics and archival work reveal that Protestants were more likely to rescue Jews in Catholic regions of the Low Countries, while Catholics facilitated evasion in Protestant areas. Post-war testimonies and secondary literature demonstrate the importance of minority groups for rescue in other countries during the Holocaust as well as other episodes of mass violence, underlining how the local position of church communities produces networks of assistance, rather than something inherent to any religion itself. This book makes an important contribution to the literature on political violence, social movements, altruism and religion, applying a range of social science methodologies and theories that shed new light on the Holocaust.

Table des matières

1. Introduction; Part I. Theory and Context: 2. Theory; 3. Religious minorities in the Low Countries: from the Reformation: to the Holocaust; Part II. Religious Minorities in the Netherlands: 4. Minority empathy 1900-1942; 5. Religious minorities and evasion in the Netherlands; 6. Religious minorities and clandestine collective action in Twente; 7. Religious minorities and rescue beyond Twente; Part III. Exceptions and Scope Conditions: 8. Off-the-line cases; 9. Christian rescue in Belgium; 10. Conclusion: minority protection across time and space; Bibliography; Index.

A propos de l'auteur

Robert Braun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on civil society and intergroup relationships in times of social upheaval. He has been published in several esteemed journals, including the American Journal of Sociology and the American Political Science Review, and has received over twenty scholarly awards.

Résumé

This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and tolerance by investigating the Christian protection of Jews during the Holocaust. It will appeal to those interested in religion, political violence, collective action, mixed methods, altruism, racism, tolerance, the Holocaust, and genocide.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Braun, Robert (Northwestern University Braun, Robert (University of California Braun, Braun Robert
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108456975
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45697-5
• Pages: 316
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > 20e siècle (jusqu'en 1945); Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Systèmes politiques; Belgium, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Netherlands, Religion & politics, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Religion and Politics, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Christian people and groups, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Social groups: religious groups and communities