Bruno Bettelheim and the concentration camps

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"The paper analyzes the circumstances under which Bruno Bettelheim's (1903–1990) well-known paper, 'Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations' (1943) came to be written and discusses its central arguments. The authors compare Bettelheim's analysis of the Nazi concentration camps with the interpretations of other authors, particularly those who had experienced the camps themselves, and identify areas of divergence. They also note the later modifications Bettelheim introduced in his own theories on occasions when the original article was reprinted or revised. In conclusion, we investigate the ways in which Bettelheim's analysis of the camps has been received and cited by later scholars." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Bruno Bettelheim und die Konzentrationslager
• Extent: Seite(n): 1-37
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 33(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Geschichte ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie ; Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung ; Theorie ; Nationalsozialismus ; Konzentrationslager ; Gestapo ; Identifikation ; Soziologe ; Analyse ; Häftling ; Vergleich ; Verhalten ; deskriptive Studie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fleck, Christian ; Müller, Albert
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
• (when): 1997

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-235016
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST