In Germany during the 1930s men and women committed large-scale killings, legally but in contrast with their professional ethics. The aim of this study is to examine with an inductive approach some aspects that so far have not been addressed by social psychologists: What events anticipated the Aktion T4 program? What events defined the T4 program? What took place at its conclusion? More importantly, what were the relationship between all of them? What factors and psychosocial processes made possible the participation of a significant proportion of health care professionals to euthanasia programs of infants, children, adolescents, adults, elderly, disabled? The main results of this analysis and their implications are discussed in relation to different contextual factors and according to the methods of psychological functioning of the perpetrators in the context of recent historical, psychosocial, and clinical studies. Copyright © FrancoAngeli.
Nella Germania degli anni 1930 uomini e donne comuni hanno compiuto uccisioni su larga scala, nell’ambito della legalità e in contrasto con la loro deontologia professionale. Scopo di questo studio di tipo induttivo è di esaminare eventi sinora non approfonditi dagli psicologi sociali al fine di rispondere ad alcuni interrogativi di fondo: quali fatti precedettero il Programma Aktion T4, quali lo contrassegnarono, quali avvennero alla sua conclusione, e che tipo di legami intercorsero fra essi? Quali fattori e processi psicosociali hanno reso possibile la partecipazione di una quota considerevole di operatori sanitari a programmi di eutanasia di ne-onati, bambini, adolescenti, adulti, anziani, disabili e altri ancora? I principali risultati dell’ana-lisi effettuata e le loro implicazioni sono discussi in riferimento a differenti fattori contestuali e ai modi di funzionamento psicologico dei perpetratori nel quadro di recenti studi storici, psico-sociali e clinici.
Un caso esemplare di costruzione del consenso: la realizzazione dell'aktion T4 nella Germania nazista
RAVENNA, Marcella
2013
Abstract
In Germany during the 1930s men and women committed large-scale killings, legally but in contrast with their professional ethics. The aim of this study is to examine with an inductive approach some aspects that so far have not been addressed by social psychologists: What events anticipated the Aktion T4 program? What events defined the T4 program? What took place at its conclusion? More importantly, what were the relationship between all of them? What factors and psychosocial processes made possible the participation of a significant proportion of health care professionals to euthanasia programs of infants, children, adolescents, adults, elderly, disabled? The main results of this analysis and their implications are discussed in relation to different contextual factors and according to the methods of psychological functioning of the perpetrators in the context of recent historical, psychosocial, and clinical studies. Copyright © FrancoAngeli.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.