Ruth Linn is a professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the University of Haifa. Specializing in

moral psychology Moral psychology is a field of study in both philosophy and psychology. Historically, the term "moral psychology" was used relatively narrowly to refer to the study of moral development. Moral psychology eventually came to refer more broadly to var ...

, she has focused on moral disobedience, including resistance to authority. Linn is the author of five books, including ''Not Shooting and Not Crying: Psychological Inquiry into Moral Disobedience'' (1989); ''Conscience at War: the Israeli Soldier as a Moral Critic'' (1996); and ''Escaping Auschwitz: A Culture of Forgetting'' (2004).

Education

Born in Israel, Linn attended the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, after which she was conscripted, in 1968 aged 18, into the Israel Defence Forces. She obtained her doctorate in education (EdD) from Boston University in 1981.Linn, Ruth (1996). "When the Individual Soldier Says 'No' to War: A Look at Selective Refusal During the Intifada". ''Journal of Peace Research''. 33(4): 421–431 (431).

Career

Positions held

Linn taught in the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa from 1982, and from 2001 to 2006 served as its dean. She has held visiting scholarships at Harvard University, the University of Maryland, the University of British Columbia, and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Auschwitz research

In 1998, Linn arranged for the University of Haifa to award an honorary doctorate to Rudolf Vrba, who escaped from the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

in April 1944, in recognition of his escape and his contribution to Holocaust education. She also arranged for the University of Haifa Press to publish Vrba's memoirs and the Vrba–Wetzler report in Hebrew.Dromi, Uri (30 January 2005)
"Deaf Ears, Blind Eyes"
''Haaretz''. Linn, Ruth (24 February 2005)
"Regarding 'Deaf ears, blind eyes,' Haaretz Magazine, January 28"
''Haaretz''. Linn subsequently wrote ''Escaping Auschwitz'' (2004), a book about Vrba.

Awards

Linn was awarded the Erikson Award by the International Society of Political Psychology in 1990 for her work on Israeli soldiers and conscientious objection."Professor Ruth Linn talk"
New York University School of Law.

Personal life

Linn is married with three children.

Selected works

* (1989). * (1996). * (2002). * (2004). * (2004). "Voice, silence and memory after Auschwitz". In Lentin, R. (ed.). ''Representing the Shoah for the 21st Century''. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books. * (2008). "Between the 'Known' and the 'Could be Known': The case of the escape from Auschwitz". In Christina Guenther and Beth Griech-Polelle (eds.). ''Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts''. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 15–40. * (2011). "Rudolf Vrba and the Auschwitz reports: Conflicting historical interpretations". In Randolph L. Braham and W. J. vanden Heuvel (eds.). ''The Auschwitz Reports and the Holocaust in Hungary''. New York: Columbia University Press, 153–210. * (2016) with Esther Dror. ''איך קרה ששרדת''. (''How Did You Survive''). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publications (Hebrew).

References

External links

"Prof. Ruth Linn"
University of Haifa.
"'Yom Kippur War – 40 Years Later'. Conference: Dr. Ruth Linn"
Institute of Israel Studies, 22 November 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Linn, Ruth 1950 births Boston University School of Education alumni Hebrew Reali School alumni Israeli non-fiction writers Israeli women academics Living people Moral psychologists University of Haifa faculty