Cultural Violence and the Destruction of Human Communities

New Theoretical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Greenland, Fiona; Müge Göçek, Fatma

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together leading sociologists and anthropologists to break new ground in the study of cultural violence. Across ten chapters, this book addresses gaps in our understanding of why cultural violence occurs, what it consists of, and how it relates to other forms of collective violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781138577336
• ISBN-10: 1138577332
• Artikelnr.: 63656545

Autorenporträt

Fiona Greenland is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, USA. Fatma Müge Göçek is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies and the University of Michigan, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I: Definitions and Parameters
2. The Genocidal Pressures on Indigenous Peoples: Capitalism's Cultural and Environmental Violence
3. Raphaël Lemkin: Genocide, Cultural Violence, and Community Destruction
4. Linguistic Genocide
Part II: Epistemological Dimensions
5. The Interconnected Histories of South African and American Sociology: Knowledge in the Service of Colonial Violence
6. Jerusalem and Violence: The Transformation of Secular and Sacred Interpretations
7. Monumental Destruction and Ontological Violence in the Islamic State
Part III: Spatial and Material Dimensions
8. Community Destruction, Museum Collections and the Work of Resilience
9. Tahrir, and The Many Faces of Violence in the Egyptian Revolution
10. An Unraveling Landscape: Harput and Mezre during Turkey's Transition from Empire to Republic