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Item Details
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PURIFY AND DESTROY
THE POLITICAL USES OF MASSACRE AND GENOCIDE |
| By: |
Jacques Semelin |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
185065817X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781850658177 |
| Publisher: |
C HURST & CO PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pages: |
443 |
| Description: |
Based on the distinction between massacre and genocide, this book identifies the main steps of a general process of destruction, rational and irrational, responding to fears, resentments and utopias, and more. It compares the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Hercegovina while respecting the specificities of each. |
| Synopsis: |
How can we comprehend the socio-political processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing or genocide? A major breakthrough in comparative analysis, "Purify and Destroy" demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Hercegovina while respecting the specificities of each. Based on the essential distinction between massacre and genocide, "Purify and Destroy" identifies the main steps of a general process of destruction, rational and irrational, born of what Semelin terms 'delusional rationality', responding to fears, resentments and utopias, and re-modelling the social body by eliminating 'the enemy'. The main stages that can lead to a genocidal process, with ordinary people becoming perpetrators, are also identified. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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