Genocide: New Perspectives on its Causes, Courses and Consequences

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2016

Genocide

New Perspectives on its Causes, Courses and Consequences

Edited by: Ugur Üngör

In the series War, Conflict and Genocide Studies

Volume 3 in the series NIOD Studies on War, Holocaust and Genocide

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048518654

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About this book

This collection gathers a stellar roster of contributors to offer a range of perspectives from different disciplines to attempt to understand the pervasiveness of genocidal violence.

Author / Editor information

Üngör Ugur :

Ugur Ümit Üngör is Assistant Professor at the Department of History at Utrecht University and at the NIOD: Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam. His main area of interest is the historical sociology of mass violence. His most recent publications include Confiscation and Destruction: The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property (Continuum, 2011) and the award-winning The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950 (Oxford University Press, 2011).

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Preface The Dark Side of Humans Ton Zwaan Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction Genocide, an Enduring Problem of our Age Uğur Ümit Üngör Open Access Download PDF	11
Part I. Causes of Genocide
1. Ethnic Nationalism and Genocide Constructing “the Other” in Romania and Serbia Diana Oncioiu Open Access Download PDF	27
2. Demonic Transitions How Ordinary People Can Commit Extraordinary Evil Christophe Busch Open Access Download PDF	49
3. State Deviancy and Genocide The State as a Shelter and a Prison Kjell Anderson Open Access Download PDF	83
Part II. Courses of Genocide
4. Hunting Specters Paranoid Purges in the Filipino Communist Guerrilla Movement Alex de Jong Open Access Download PDF	113
5. Smashing the Enemies The Organization of Violence in Democratic Kampuchea Sandra Korstjens Open Access Download PDF	131
6. Sexual Violence in the Nazi Genocide Gender, Law, and Ideology Franziska Karpiński and Elysia Ruvinsky Open Access Download PDF	149
Part III. Consequences of Genocide
7. Sarajevo’s Markers of Memory Contestations and Solidarities in a Post-War City Laura Boerhout Open Access Download PDF	177
8. Ingando Re-educating the Perpetrators in the Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide Suzanne Hoeksema Open Access Download PDF	197
9. Unravelling Atrocity Between Transitional Justice and History in Rwanda and Sierra Leone Thijs B. Bouwknegt Open Access Download PDF	219
Epilogue Philip Spencer Open Access Download PDF	253
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	259
Biographies of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	271
Index Open Access Download PDF	275

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 286
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
- Other: 3 halftones, 1 line drawing
Keywords: Conflict and Peace; History, Art History, and Archaeology; History

eBook

Published: June 15, 2016
ISBN: 9789048518654