Debating Genocide (Debates in World History) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 5: Debates in World History

Lisa Pine

 
9781350035430: Debating Genocide (Debates in World History)

Synopsis

This book explores the subject of genocide through key debates and case studies. It analyses the dynamics of genocide the processes and mechanisms of acts committed with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, religious or racial group in order to shed light upon its origins, characteristics and consequences. Debating Genocide begins with an introduction to the concept of genocide. It then examines the colonial genocides at the end of the 19th- and start of the 20th-centuries; the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16; the Nazi Final Solution; the Nazi genocide of the Gypsies; mass murder in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge; the genocides in the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; and the genocide in Sudan in the early 21st century. It also includes a thematic chapter which covers gender and genocide, as well as issues of memory and memorialisation. Finally, the book considers how genocides end, as well as the questions of resolution and denial, with Lisa Pine examining the debates around prediction and prevention and the R2P (Responsibility to Protect) initiative. This book is crucial for any students wanting to understand why genocides have occurred, why they still occur and what the key historical discussions around this subject entail.

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About the Author

Lisa Pine is Associate Professor of History at London South Bank University, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Debating Genocide (2018), Hitlers National Community: Society and Culture in Nazi Germany (2nd Edition) (2017) and Education in Nazi Germany (2010). She is also the editor of Life and Times in Nazi Germany (2016) and The Family in Modern Germany (forthcoming).

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ISBN 10:  1350035424 ISBN 13:  9781350035423
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018
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