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Genocide : a comprehensive introduction / Adam Jones.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: HV6322.7 .J64 2011

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    Book cover

    Overview

    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Jones, Adam, 1963-
    Published
    London ; New York : Routledge, [2011]
    ©2011
    Edition
    Second edition
    Contents
    pt. 1. Overview
    1. The origins of genocide
    Genocide in prehistory, antiquity, and early modernity
    The Vendée uprising
    Zulu genocide
    Naming genocide: Raphael Lemkin
    Defining genocide: the UN Convention
    Bounding genocide: comparative genocide studies
    What is destroyed in genocide?
    Multiple and overlapping identities
    Dynamism and contingency
    The question of genocidal intent
    Contested cases of genocide
    Atlantic slavery: and after
    Area bombing and nuclear warfare
    UN sanctions against Iraq
    9/11: terrorism as genocide?
    Structural and institutional violence
    Is genocide ever justified?
    2. State and empire, war and revolution
    The state, imperialism, and genocide
    Imperial famines
    The Congo "rubber terror"
    The Japanese in East and Southeast Asia
    The US in Indochina
    The Soviets in Afghanistan
    Imperial ascent and dissolution
    Genocide and war
    The First World War and the dawn of industrial death
    The Second World War and the "barbarization of warfare"
    Genocide and social revolution
    The nuclear revolution and "omnicide"
    pt. 2. Cases
    3. Genocides of indigenous peoples
    Colonialism and the discourse of extinction
    The conquest of the Americas
    Spanish America
    The United States and Canada
    Other genocidal strategies
    Australia's Aborigines and the Namibian Hereros
    Genocide in Australia
    The Herero genocide
    Denying genocide, celebrating genocide
    Complexities and caveats
    Indigenous revival
    The genocide of Guatemala's Mayans
    4. The Ottoman destruction of Christian minorities
    Origins of the genocide
    War, deportation, and massacre
    The Armenian genocide
    The Assyrian genocide
    The Pontian Greek genocide
    Aftermath: attempts at justice
    The denial
    Chechnya
    5. Stalin and Mao
    The Soviet Union and Stalinism
    1917: the Bolsheviks seize power
    Collectivization and famine
    The Gulag
    The Great Purge of 1937-38
    The war years
    The destruction of national minorities
    China and Maoism
    Stalin, Mao, and genocide
    6. The Jewish holocaust
    Origins
    "Ordinary Germans" and the Nazis
    The turn to mass murder
    Debating the Holocaust
    Intentionalists vs. functionalists
    Jewish resistance
    The Allies and the churches: could the Jews have been saved?
    Willing executioners?
    Israel, the Palestinians, and the Holocaust
    Is the Jewish Holocaust "uniquely unique"?
    The Nazis' other victims
    7. Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
    Origins of the Khmer Rouge
    War and revolution, 1970-75
    A genocidal ideology
    A policy of "urbicide," 1975
    "Base people" vs. "New people"
    Cambodia's Holocaust, 1975-79
    Genocide against Buddhists and ethnic minorities
    Aftermath: politics and the quest for justice
    East Timor
    8. Bosnia and Kosovo
    Origins and onset
    Gendercide and genocide in Bosnia
    The international dimension
    Kosovo, 1998-99
    Aftermaths
    Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971
    9. Apocalypse in Rwanda
    Introduction: horror and shame
    Background to genocide
    Genocidal frenzy
    Aftermaths
    Congo and Darfur
    pt. 3. Social Science perspectives
    10. Psychological perspectives
    Narcissism, greed, fear, humiliation
    The psychology of perpetrators
    The Stanford prison experiments
    The psychology of rescuers
    11. The sociology and anthropology of genocide
    Sociological perspectives
    The sociology of modernity
    Ethnicity and ethnic conflict
    Ethnic conflict and violence "specialists"
    "Middleman minorities"
    Anthropological perspectives
    12. Political science and international relations
    Empirical investigations
    The changing face of war
    Democracy, war, and genocide/democide
    Norms and prohibition regimes
    13. Gendering genocide
    Gendercide vs. root-and-branch genocide
    Women as targets
    Gendercidal institutions
    Genocide and violence against homosexuals
    Genocidal men, genocidal women
    A note on gendered propaganda
    pt. 4. The future of genocide
    14. Memory, forgetting, and denial
    Contested memories: four cases
    I. Germany
    II. Japan
    III. Russia
    IV. Argentina
    The politics of forgetting
    Genocide denial: motives and strategies
    Denial and free speech
    15. Justice, truth, and redress
    Leipzig, Constantinople, Nuremberg, Tokyo
    The international criminal tribunals: Yugoslavia and Rwanda
    Jurisdictional issues
    The concept of a victim group
    Gender and genocide
    National trials
    The "mixed tribunals": Cambodia and Sierra Leone
    Another kind of justice: Rwanda's gacaca experiment
    The Pinochet case
    The International Criminal Court (ICC)
    International citizens' tribunals
    Truth and reconciliation
    The challenge of redress
    16. Strategies of intervention and prevention
    Warning signs
    Humanitarian intervention
    Sanctions
    The United Nations
    When is military intervention justified?
    A standing "peace army"?
    Ideologies and individuals
    The role of the hones witness
    Ideologies, religious and secular
    Personal responsibility.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    pt. 1. Overview -- 1. The origins of genocide -- Genocide in prehistory, antiquity, and early modernity -- The Vendée uprising -- Zulu genocide -- Naming genocide: Raphael Lemkin -- Defining genocide: the UN Convention -- Bounding genocide: comparative genocide studies -- What is destroyed in genocide? -- Multiple and overlapping identities -- Dynamism and contingency -- The question of genocidal intent -- Contested cases of genocide -- Atlantic slavery: and after -- Area bombing and nuclear warfare -- UN sanctions against Iraq -- 9/11: terrorism as genocide? -- Structural and institutional violence -- Is genocide ever justified? -- 2. State and empire, war and revolution -- The state, imperialism, and genocide -- Imperial famines -- The Congo "rubber terror" -- The Japanese in East and Southeast Asia -- The US in Indochina -- The Soviets in Afghanistan -- Imperial ascent and dissolution -- Genocide and war -- The First World War and the dawn of industrial death -- The Second World War and the "barbarization of warfare" -- Genocide and social revolution -- The nuclear revolution and "omnicide" --
    pt. 2. Cases -- 3. Genocides of indigenous peoples -- Colonialism and the discourse of extinction -- The conquest of the Americas -- Spanish America -- The United States and Canada -- Other genocidal strategies -- Australia's Aborigines and the Namibian Hereros -- Genocide in Australia -- The Herero genocide -- Denying genocide, celebrating genocide -- Complexities and caveats -- Indigenous revival -- The genocide of Guatemala's Mayans -- 4. The Ottoman destruction of Christian minorities -- Origins of the genocide -- War, deportation, and massacre -- The Armenian genocide -- The Assyrian genocide -- The Pontian Greek genocide -- Aftermath: attempts at justice -- The denial -- Chechnya -- 5. Stalin and Mao -- The Soviet Union and Stalinism -- 1917: the Bolsheviks seize power -- Collectivization and famine -- The Gulag -- The Great Purge of 1937-38 -- The war years -- The destruction of national minorities -- China and Maoism -- Stalin, Mao, and genocide -- 6. The Jewish holocaust -- Origins -- "Ordinary Germans" and the Nazis -- The turn to mass murder -- Debating the Holocaust -- Intentionalists vs. functionalists -- Jewish resistance -- The Allies and the churches: could the Jews have been saved? -- Willing executioners? -- Israel, the Palestinians, and the Holocaust -- Is the Jewish Holocaust "uniquely unique"? -- The Nazis' other victims -- 7. Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge -- Origins of the Khmer Rouge -- War and revolution, 1970-75 -- A genocidal ideology -- A policy of "urbicide," 1975 -- "Base people" vs. "New people" -- Cambodia's Holocaust, 1975-79 -- Genocide against Buddhists and ethnic minorities -- Aftermath: politics and the quest for justice -- East Timor -- 8. Bosnia and Kosovo -- Origins and onset -- Gendercide and genocide in Bosnia -- The international dimension -- Kosovo, 1998-99 -- Aftermaths -- Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971 -- 9. Apocalypse in Rwanda -- Introduction: horror and shame -- Background to genocide -- Genocidal frenzy -- Aftermaths -- Congo and Darfur --
    pt. 3. Social Science perspectives -- 10. Psychological perspectives -- Narcissism, greed, fear, humiliation -- The psychology of perpetrators -- The Stanford prison experiments -- The psychology of rescuers -- 11. The sociology and anthropology of genocide -- Sociological perspectives -- The sociology of modernity -- Ethnicity and ethnic conflict -- Ethnic conflict and violence "specialists" -- "Middleman minorities" -- Anthropological perspectives -- 12. Political science and international relations -- Empirical investigations -- The changing face of war -- Democracy, war, and genocide/democide -- Norms and prohibition regimes -- 13. Gendering genocide -- Gendercide vs. root-and-branch genocide -- Women as targets -- Gendercidal institutions -- Genocide and violence against homosexuals -- Genocidal men, genocidal women -- A note on gendered propaganda --
    pt. 4. The future of genocide -- 14. Memory, forgetting, and denial -- Contested memories: four cases -- I. Germany -- II. Japan -- III. Russia -- IV. Argentina -- The politics of forgetting -- Genocide denial: motives and strategies -- Denial and free speech -- 15. Justice, truth, and redress -- Leipzig, Constantinople, Nuremberg, Tokyo -- The international criminal tribunals: Yugoslavia and Rwanda -- Jurisdictional issues -- The concept of a victim group -- Gender and genocide -- National trials -- The "mixed tribunals": Cambodia and Sierra Leone -- Another kind of justice: Rwanda's gacaca experiment -- The Pinochet case -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) -- International citizens' tribunals -- Truth and reconciliation -- The challenge of redress -- 16. Strategies of intervention and prevention -- Warning signs -- Humanitarian intervention -- Sanctions -- The United Nations -- When is military intervention justified? -- A standing "peace army"? -- Ideologies and individuals -- The role of the hones witness -- Ideologies, religious and secular -- Personal responsibility.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9780415486187
    0415486181
    9780415486194
    041548619X
    9780203846964
    0203846966
    Physical Description
    xxxiv, 645 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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