Cultural violence and the destruction of human communities: new theoretical perspectives

"This volume brings together leading sociologists and anthropologists to break new ground in the study of cultural violence. First sketched in Raphael Lemkin's seminal writings on genocide, and later systematically defined by peace studies scholar Johan Galtung, the concept of cultural vio...

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Other Authors: Greenland, Fiona (Editor), Müge Göçek, Fatma (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:Mass violence in modern history
Mass violence in modern history
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"This volume brings together leading sociologists and anthropologists to break new ground in the study of cultural violence. First sketched in Raphael Lemkin's seminal writings on genocide, and later systematically defined by peace studies scholar Johan Galtung, the concept of cultural violence seeks to explain why and how language, symbols, rituals, practices, and objects are so frequently in the crosshairs of socio-political change. Recent conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia, along with renewed public interest in the repertoire of violence applied to the control and erasure of indigenous populations, highlights the gaps in our understanding of why cultural violence occurs, what it consists of, and how it relates to other forms of collective violence"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781351267069
135126706X
9781351267083
1351267086

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