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      Review Of Five One-Act Plays


      On Idealogical Fanaticism By Marvin Perry, Ph.D.




         Marvin  Perry,  author  of  Five  One-Act  plays  on   supremacists, true believers propelled to commit and to   plays cover extremist behavior and explore the thinking
      Idealogical Fanaticism, retired from the history   justify  atrocities  against  people  they  designate  as  the   that triggers this behavior.
      department  of  Baruch  College,  CUNY  25  years  ago,   “others.”                                     In the first play “German Veterans Tormented By the
      and chose to reside in Boca Pointe. His published works      These five short plays need never be performed, but   Dark Past”, two veterans discuss what they witnessed
      include: An Intellectual History of Modern Europe, World   can simply be read and serve as the basis for discussion.   and heard during their experiences as German soldiers
      War II in Europe, A Concise History of Antisemitism,   They are suitable for college and high school classes,   during WWII. The author provides painful historical
      Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present (co-author),   book clubs and any current events gathering. Two of   details of the murder of  the Jewish population during
      The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism (co-editor),   these plays were performed at Boca Pointe last season and   the Holocaust. The ideas that produced the atrocities are
      Arnold Toynbee and the Western Tradition, and Ideas,   provoked strong feelings in the discussions that followed.   irrational as illustrated by the soldiers as they discuss
      Politics and Society, 11th edition” and “Sources of the      Marvin Perry writes well and provides historical   their remembrances. This particular play seems the most
      Western Tradition, 10th edition (editor).          information that many readers might find disturbing,   poignant and painful for those who have lost family
         In Marvin Perry’s previous books on modern      especially some details about the Holocaust. The author   members during the Holocaust. All of the five plays
      intellectual history, anti-semitism, and World War II, it   treats the fanatic racism that led to the Holocaust, and   provide an understanding of the irrational, fanatical
      was necessary to discuss why people embraced irrational   he illustrates this historical fixation in a dramatic way.   thinking behind the violent acts against humanity. I
      ideas,  myths  that  fostered  fanaticism  and  ultimately   The characters in the five plays verbalize their thoughts,   recommend these plays be read by any person who
      proved dangerous for society and even civilization. In   providing insight into the nature and appeal of extremist   contemplates the question of how could something like
      this work, he has attempted to treat these themes within   ideologies.                               this occur.
      a dramatic setting.                                   The plays vary in length, but are short enough to be      To sum up, the five short plays are a thoughtful read,
         The  five  one-act  plays  in  this  volume  explore  the   easily digested in a single reading session. The plays all   a work of substance and clarity. There is no doubt in my
      theme of idealogical fanaticism.  Three of the plays   nourish to a greater or lesser extent one’s knowledge of   mind that it will cause readers to think about the irrational
      deal with Nazi Germany, including Holocaust denial,   the idealogical fanaticism, thoughts and beliefs, that lead   and fanatical thoughts that cause such reprehensible acts
      the classic example of the phenomenon. The remaining   to man’s inhumanity to his fellow man.        of cruelty upon mankind.
      two plays treat contemporary examples of idealogical      From a personal standpoint the plays were thought
      fanaticism, jihadism and white supremacy. Perry probes   provoking and kept me reading on until completion. The      Reviewed by Joseph Oxhorn, Boca Pointe Resident 
      within a dramatic context the thinking and feelings of
      Nazis (and their opponents), Islamist jihadists and white
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