Meierhenrich, Jens 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2165-3268
(2014)
Introduction: the study and history of genocide.
In:
Genocide: a Reader.
Oxford University Press (U.S.), New York, USA, pp. 3-55.
ISBN 9780195377668
Abstract
Genocide confounds scholars, practitioners, and laypersons alike. Despite the carnage of the twentieth century, our understanding of genocide remains partial. Popular, moralizing accounts have done their share to hinder understanding by attempting to advance simple truths in an area where none are to be had. This Reader lays the foundation for improved explanation and understanding of genocide. Meierhenrich provides an introduction to the myriad dimensions of this darkest of human phenomena, and to the various ways of making sense of it-from autobiographical remembering to journalistic reporting to theoretical reasoning. As such, the Reader showcases our extant knowledge about genocide. It traverses boundaries, disciplinary and geographic, in an effort to acquaint readers with the complexity of the phenomenon, and the diversity and range of critical thinking that exists concerning it. In pursuit of this goal, the volume assembles some 150 readings, selected for their ability to shed light on one of nine distinct themes in the study of genocide. The readings look at genocides all over the world in different periods of history, and attempt to understand different definitions of genocide. From the Irish Potato Famine to the decimation of Australian indigenous peoples to the Holocaust, Meierhenrich provides a variety of illuminating perspectives on how people commit, experience, and remember genocide.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2010 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 03:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29257 |
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