Genocide study requires historical and archival methods over laboratory experiments

Evidence

To study the most extreme manifestations of scapegoating, such as genocide, requires a social-historical analysis of stereotypes and mass political movements. … A rigorous social-scientific approach could, however, be applied to archival data. For example, content analysis of the propaganda directed at scapegoated groups, either historically (e.g., Mein Kampf and Der Stürmer) or currently (e.g., conspiracy theories on the internet) could test whether scapegoats are stereotyped in the manner the model predicts. Comparisons of scapegoat movements from different cultures and time periods might reveal (or disconfirm) the underlying socialpsychological similarities the ideological model proposes. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1613 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Genocide can be studied rigorously through archival content analysis of propaganda; Colonial violence foreshadowed the Holocaust as a preliminary laboratory; Laboratory experiments cannot model genocide; archival analysis can — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1613

Broader Connections

• Laboratory experiments cannot model genocide; archival analysis can #corroborates (0.97) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1613