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Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide /

"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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sémelin, Jacques
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Colección:CERI series in comparative politics and international studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.