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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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