POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nuclear Weapon, Humboldt University Of Berlin, Aryan Race
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Theoretical response short answer (rational vs. nonrational, structuralist vs. voluntarist) Essay (comparative analysis of major events using major concepts) Even if you were the top of the elite, you were still under threat. Terror as irrational (product of stalin"s individual psychology) Influence of georgian culture (notion of honour and revenge. Past repression created enemies -- 1. 5 million former party members/repressed. Efforts to eliminate the fifth column , which means killing nationalities that might support invasion. Germans and polish living in the soviet union etc. But, he can"t do it all himself, he needs the participation of all the other members, but the terror was directed at these people! The elite was essentially made to go after themselves. But it"s also rational to accommodate the potential opposition so they wouldn"t be violent. Wouldn"t killing the people in the fifth column make more german and. Why certain ideas make sense to people, a lot of it come from beliefs and ideology.
