The Banality of Indifference

ISBN-13: 9780765809056 ISBN-10: 0765809052
The Banality of Indifference
By (author): Yair Auron
Format: Unknown, 332pp Weight: 0.54 kg
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The genocide of Armenians by Turks during the First World War was one of the most horrendous deeds of modern times and a precursor of the genocidal acts that have marked the rest of the twentieth century. Despite the worldwide attention the atrocities received at the time, the massacre has not remained a part of the world's historical consciousness. The parallels between the Jewish and Armenian situations and the reactions of the Jewish community in Palestine (the Yishuv) to the Armenian genocide, which was muted and largely self-interested, are explored by Yair Auron. In attempting to assess and interpret these disparate reactions, Auron maintains a fair minded balance in assessing claims of altruism and self-interest, expressed in universal, not merely Jewish, terms.