Physical Description
ix, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents
Preface
The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
The evil in genocide
Genocide and comparative evil: counting victims, numbers, degrees
Disputing 'genocide': issues of uniqueness and group-identity
The pushback and its search for a replacement
"Genocide" and "holocaust": language as history
Raphael Lemkin, unsung hero: reparation
From genocide to group-rights
Arendt on the evil in genocide: banality's depths
Genocide-denial
AfterWords
Bibliographical notes
Index.
ISBN
0812248856
9780812248852
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.
Preface -- The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide -- The evil in genocide -- Genocide and comparative evil: counting victims, numbers, degrees -- Disputing 'genocide': issues of uniqueness and group-identity -- The pushback and its search for a replacement -- "Genocide" and "holocaust": language as history -- Raphael Lemkin, unsung hero: reparation -- From genocide to group-rights -- Arendt on the evil in genocide: banality's depths -- Genocide-denial -- AfterWords -- Bibliographical notes -- Index.
