Bibliograph

Purify and destroy, the political uses of massacre and genocide, Jacques Sâemelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

Type

Label

Purify and destroy, the political uses of massacre and genocide, Jacques Sâemelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-391) and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Purify and destroy

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

standards specificationsbibliography

Responsibility statement

Jacques Sâemelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

Review

"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."

Series statement

The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

Sub title

the political uses of massacre and genocide

Summary

"Based on seminal distinction between massacre and genocide, Purify and Destroy identifies the main steps of a general process of destruction, both rational and irrational, born of what Semelin terms "delusional rationality." Semelin identifies the main stages that can lead to a genocidal process, and explains how ordinary people can become perpetrators."--BOOK JACKET

Table Of Contents

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

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