Wednesday 4 November 2015

The role of the state


We continue our exploration of themes from Timothy Snyder's essay Hitler's world may not be so far away


In part 2, Snyder describes how state institutions were destroyed in Poland and the Baltic states, causing people to stop thinking reciprocally (i.e. taking care of one another) and begin to kill Jews.

For those working directly with the essay, here is your text: Hitlers world not so far away Part 2

For everyone else...

Many of you made mindmaps of needs, relating them to conditions for those needs.

What conditions did your mindmaps have in common?

In groups, look again at Maslow's hierarchy of needs and draw your own pyramid containing your needs. 

Which needs should the state be engaged in? In what ways can the state help fulfil your needs?

Which needs must you take responsibility for yourself?


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