Sites of Genocide
Genocide may be the most powerful word in the English language. What is the significance and relevance of this formative concept today? In an extraordinarily wide-ranging collection of essays and interviews, Adam Jones, one of the world's leading genocide scholars, explores the uses and controversies surrounding the term that Raphael Lemkin coined during World War Two, to describe and prohibit mass atrocities against defined human groups.In a style that is learned but always accessible and engaging, Jones addresses key historical and contemporary issues, such as: What were the motivations and proclaimed justifications for genocide in the long…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-00-058666-4
- EAN: 9781000586664
- Produktnummer: 37960128
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 32 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 32 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Adam Jones, Ph.D. is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, Canada. He is the author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (Routledge, 4th edition forthcoming), a widely used textbook in the field of comparative genocide studies. He is author or editor of over a dozen other books, mostly on genocide, gender, and crimes against humanity. Jones was selected as one of Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide for the book volume of that title (Routledge, 2010). He has worked as an expert consultant with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, helping to implement conflict-prevention seminars in the Balkans, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere.
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