Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / [Jacques Sémelin] ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch and Philippa Bush.

Publication | Library Call Number: HV6322.7 .S4613 2007

Physical Description: xiv, 443 p. ;
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.
ISBN: 9780231142823
023114282X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231512374 (e-book)
0231512376 (e-book)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.
Subjects: Genocide--Political aspects.
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