Jack Nusan Porter has been a sociologist and social activist for 40 years. Dr. Porter is a writer and editor and the former vice-president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University and is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholarly Career Award from the American Sociological Association Section on the History of Sociology in 2004.
The collected essays of Dr. Jack Nusan Porter reveal a life-long
commitment to serious in-depth analysis of the Holocaust and are
distinguished by a fertile and probing intellect. The breadth of
his scholarly research is uncommon at a time of intense
specialization, but Dr. Porter brings to bear in his approach both
a broad overview and incisive study of material, some of which
makes a singular contribution to the socio-historical material he
has been exploring.
*Gershon M. Weisenberg, Independent Scholar*
The investigation of these topics (genocide and Holocaust) has
largely been the work of historians...What is striking is how few
sociologists have attempted to investigate these important topics
and to apply the specific tools of their profession to these
problems...It is the great virtue of this collection that it is
written by a leading sociologist and attempts to use sociological
techniques to explicate a number of key problems...There is a great
deal to be learned from these essays and I very much hope they
reach the wide audience they deserve.
*Antony Polonsky, Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic
Studies, Brandeis University*
Porter provides numerous examples of important research.
*Canadian Research Knowledge Network, January 2009*
Jack Nusan Porter's The Genocidal Mind is a breath of fresh air
brought to the plethora of Holocaust-related survey texts [in] the
field of genocide studies...Well thought-out and more than solidly
grounded in Holocaust sources...Porter then takes primary Holocaust
inquiry to new spaces that heretofore have remained
under-researched and represent the field's final frontier: the
politics of sexual orientation genocide and the sexology of
genocidaires.
*The Armenian Weekly, Volume 74, Issue 18*
Porter continues his remarkable original works on "The Genocidal
Mind" in his new book…Over the past decades, he has opened doors
into sociologically motivated studies of the unique phenomenon of
the Jewish Holocaust in Europe. His refusal to follow more
straightforward, quantifiable research, and instead look deeply and
memorably into human motivations…have enriched our
perspectives…
*Dr. Mark Bernheim, Miami University of Ohio*
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