Purify and Destroy : The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1849043930
ISBN-13
9781849043939
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 30th, 2014
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
574 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Genocide & ethnic cleansingPolitical science & theory
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Philosophical consideration of genocide
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.
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