Автор: Benedict Ruth Название: Race ISBN: 0820356786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820356785 Издательство: Eurospan Рейтинг: Цена: 3154 р. 4505.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: In science, race can be a useful concept - for specific, limited purposes. When race, as a way of classifying people, is drafted into the service of politics, religion, or any belief system, then danger follows. That is the focus of this classic repudiation of racism, which is as readable and timely now as when it first appeared.
Автор: Benjamin Meiches Название: The Politics of Annihilation: A Genealogy of Genocide ISBN: 1517905818 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781517905811 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 18414 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: How did a powerful concept in international justice evolve into an inequitable response to mass suffering? For a term coined just seventy-five years ago, genocide has become a remarkably potent idea. But has it transformed from a truly novel vision for international justice into a conservative, even inaccessible term? The Politics of Annihilation traces how the concept of genocide came to acquire such significance on the global political stage. In doing so, it reveals how the concept has been politically contested and refashioned over time. It explores how these shifts implicitly impact what forms of mass violence are considered genocide and what forms are not. Benjamin Meiches argues that the limited conception of genocide, often rigidly understood as mass killing rooted in ethno-religious identity, has created legal and political institutions that do not adequately respond to the diversity of mass violence. In his insistence on the concept’s complexity, he does not undermine the need for clear condemnations of such violence. But neither does he allow genocide to become a static or timeless notion. Meiches argues that the discourse on genocide has implicitly excluded many forms of violence from popular attention including cases ranging from contemporary Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the legacies of colonial politics in Haiti, Canada, and elsewhere, to the effects of climate change on small island nations. By mapping the multiplicity of forces that entangle the concept in larger assemblages of power, The Politics of Annihilation gives us a new understanding of how the language of genocide impacts contemporary political life, especially as a means of protesting the social conditions that produce mass violence.
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which followed the death of President Habyarimana, was one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century and shamed both African and global leaderships. As wars in the Congo continue to tear apart the region, this book examines how the politics that led to the 1994 genocide continue to be played out in the international media. Scholars of political science contend that narratives are used strategically by states to influence and shape the behaviour of other actors in the international system. This book explore how, through processes of denial and revisionism, strong states with geopolitical interests in the Great Lakes region of Africa, African states directly involved in conflict, militia groups and rebels, as well as human rights activists and NGOs, all employ media narratives strategically with the aim of influencing political decision-making and public perceptions of genocide and war.Examining how international political discourse on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is gendered, Georgina Holmes argues that states, militaries and human rights organisations use gendered narratives for political gain, and breaks new ground in analysing the role of gender in the conflict. This book is essential reading on the gendered dynamics of conflict and genocide in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and will appeal to anyone with an interest in Gender Studies, Political Communication, Media and Film Studies, African Studies, Genocide Studies and International Relations.
Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the war between colonizer and colonized in what was formerly German South-West Africa and is today the nation of Namibia. In addition to its eye-opening depictions of the starvation, disease, mass captivity, and other atrocities suffered by the Herero, it reaches surprising conclusions about the nature of imperial dominion, showing how the colonial state’s genocidal posture arose from its own inherent weakness and military failures. The result is an indispensable account of a genocide that has been neglected for too long.
A renowned expert on genocide argues that there is a real risk of violent atrocities happening in the United States
If many people were shocked by Donald Trump’s 2016 election, many more were stunned when, months later, white supremacists took to the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting “Blood and Soil” and “Jews will not replace us!” Like Trump, the Charlottesville marchers were dismissed as aberrations—crazed extremists who did not represent the real US. It Can Happen Here demonstrates that, rather than being exceptional, such white power extremism and the violent atrocities linked to it are a part of American history. And, alarmingly, they remain a very real threat to the US today.
Alexander Hinton explains how murky politics, structural racism, the promotion of American exceptionalism, and a belief that the US has have achieved a color-blind society have diverted attention from the deep roots of white supremacist violence in the US’s brutal past. Drawing on his years of research and teaching on mass violence, Hinton details the warning signs of impending genocide and atrocity crimes, the tools used by ideologues to fan the flames of hate, the origins of the far-right extremist ideas of white genocide and replacement, and the shocking ways in which “us” versus “them” violence is supported by racist institutions and policies. It Can Happen Here is an essential new assessment of the dangers of contemporary white power extremism in the United States. While revealing the threat of genocide and atrocity crimes that loom over the country, Hinton offers actions we can take to prevent it from happening, illuminating a hopeful path forward for a nation in crisis.
Описание: Humanity at its Worst is not a handbook for prevention but rather a research driven summary of one of the most disturbing features of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its intent is to provide a basis for understanding of these incomprehensible crimes against humanity. The catalogue is large, disturbing, and troublesome. It is dedicated entirely to assisting readers understand the circumstances of people across the world who must contend with these extreme inhuman actions. Each chapter examines numerous factors including the conditions of the victims, the number of such incidents, the loss of lives, the conditions of women, and children past records of major incidents of this kind. The accounts of genocides examine the differing interpretations of genocide from legal viewpoints, as well as analysing the influence of race, ethnicity, nationalism, and gender. The book is divided into three main sections: Part One clarifies fundamental terms such genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, crimes of aggression, international criminal law, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Foundation of Genocide Convention, and lessons from 20th century genocide. Part Two examines the 20th century genocides; Nazi Holocaust; Armenian Holocaust; Holodomor Ukraine; Cambodia, Congo, Sudan, Ruwanda, Burundi; Ruwandan Genocide; Yugoslavia; Kurdish, the 21st century genocides, Darfur; Iraq; 2006 Lebanon war; Baluchistan; 2009 Sri Lanka; Civil war in Syria 2011 to today; Rohingya; Yazidis ethnic and religious cleansing; Christian prosecutions; Boko Haram; Congo; ISIS war crimes; Yemen; Libya civil war. Part Three tackles Terrorism, Failed States, and UN Action to end violations of Human Rights.
Описание: In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system as a way to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans—a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Through the teaching of citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation, the government has sought to mitigate intergroup conflict and promote reconciliation across groups. Yet the government’s efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.
Автор: Lang Berel Название: Genocide: The ACT as Idea ISBN: 0812248856 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812248852 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4117 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The term "genocide"—"group killing"—which first appeared in Raphael Lemkin's 1944 book, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, had by 1948 established itself in international law through the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Since then the charge of genocide has been both widely applied but also contested. In Genocide: The Act as Idea, Berel Lang examines and illuminates the concept of genocide, at once articulating difficulties in its definition and proposing solutions to them. In his analysis, Lang explores the relation of genocide to group identity, individual and corporate moral responsibility, the concept of individual and group intentions, and the concept of evil more generally. The idea of genocide, Lang argues, represents a notable advance in the history of political and ethical thought which proposed alternatives to it, like "crimes against humanity," fail to take into account.
Автор: Weitz Eric D. Название: A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation ISBN: 0691165874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691165875 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented? Blending gripping narrative with trenchant analysis, Eric
Название: The Memorialization of Genocide ISBN: 1138932116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138932111 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 21054 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Divided societies, tormented pasts, and unrepentant perpetrators. Why are some countries more intent on vanquishing uncomfortable pasts than others? How do public and often unsightly attempts at memorialisation both fail the victims and valorize their oppressors?
This book offers fresh and original perspectives on dictatorship, fascism and victimization from the bloodiest decades in Europe's, Australia's and Central America's colonial and modern history. Chapters include analyses of Francoist memorials in Spain, assessments of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, the forgetting of frontier colonial violence in Tasmania, Romania's treatment of its Roma populations in the midst of Holocaust memorialization in Bucharest's urban development, and whether or not the Holocaust continues to serve as an instructional model or impossible aspiration for cross-cultural genocide memorialization strategies. In an era of ongoing political, ethnic and religious conflict, and unrepentant insurgent activity around the world, this collection reminds readers that genocidal actions, wherever and whenever they occurred, must be held to account by more than rhetoric and concrete memory.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.
Автор: Nanci Adler, Nanci Adler, Vladimir Petrovic, Willi Название: Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice ISBN: 0813597773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813597775 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 22915 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Since the 1980s, an array of legal and non-legal practices have been developed to support post-repressive, post-authoritarian, and post-conflict societies in dealing with their past. Contributors to this volume analyse the processes, products, and efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms and look at how genocide, political violence, and historical injustices are being institutionally addressed.
Описание: Rwanda has become a touchstone case in genocide studies. This study evaluates the myriad theories behind the genocide. Combining original field data with some of the best existing evidence, it offers a rigorous and comprehensive explanation of how and why the genocide occurred, and how and why so many Rwandans participated in it.
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