Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / [Jacques Sémelin] ; translated f...
Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / [Jacques Sémelin] ; translated f...
Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / [Jacques Sémelin] ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2007.
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Date
2007.
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N304.663/18
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English
French
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xvi, 443 p. cm.
Contents
The imaginary constructs of social destructiveness -- From inflammatory discourse to sacrificial violence -- International context, war and the media -- The dynamics of mass murder -- The vertigo of impunity -- The political uses of massacres and genocides -- The "never again" refrain.
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2007.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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"Purify and Destroy demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each of these appalling phenomena." "Based on seminal distinction between massacre and genocide, Purify and Destroy identifies the main steps of a general proces...
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Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / [Jacques Sémelin] ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.
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The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N304.663/18
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74VKR0BDMjGO
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9780231512374 (ebook)
9780231142823 (cloth : alk. paper)
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304.663
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991023270789702626
