Genocide: new perspectives on its causes, courses, and consequences

The twentieth century has been called, not inaccurately, a century of genocide. And the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen little change, with genocidal violence in Darfur, Congo, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Why is genocide so widespread, and so difficult to stop, across societies that differ...

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Weitere Verfasser: Üngör, Uğur Ümit 1980- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2016]
Schriftenreihe:NIOD Studies on war, Holocaust, and genocide 3
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Zusammenfassung:The twentieth century has been called, not inaccurately, a century of genocide. And the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen little change, with genocidal violence in Darfur, Congo, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Why is genocide so widespread, and so difficult to stop, across societies that differ so much culturally, technologically, and politically? That's the question that this collection addresses, offering a range of perspectives from different disciplines to attempt to understand the pervasiveness of genocidal violence
Beschreibung:Erscheint auch als Open Access bei De Gruyter
Beschreibung:277 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9789089645241
DOI:10.1515/9789048518654