Adam Jones

Sites of Genocide (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

What is the significance and relevance of the concept of 'genocide' today? In this 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 coined by Raphael Lemkin to describe and prohibit mass atrocities against defined human groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000586657
• Artikelnr.: 63611752

Autorenporträt

Adam Jones, PhD 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), a widely used textbook in the field of comparative genocide studies. He is the 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Seized of Sorrow Part 1: History and Culture 1 Genocide and Global/World History: Reflections 2 Genocide and Holocaust 3 Motivations and Justifications for Genocide in the Long Nineteenth Century 4 Genocide and the West 5 Religion, Genocide, and Islamic State 6 The Bangladeshi Genocide in Comparative Perspective 6 The Rohingya: Genocide in Myanmar? 7 Challenges of Genocide Intervention 8 Chomsky and Genocide 9 The Great Lakes Genocides: Hidden Histories, Hidden Precedents 10 Denying Rwanda, Denying Congo Part 2: Gendering Genocide 11 Gender, Genocide, and Gendercide 12 Gendering Rwanda: Genocide and Post-Genocide 13 Masculinities and Vulnerabilities in the Rwandan and Congolese Genocides 14 Sexual Violence against Males in War and Genocide: Advances, Obstacles, Challenges 15 Interview by Noah Berlatsky 16 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Men and Boys 17 Interview by Rosanna Deerchild on CBC Unreserved Coda: What Leads to Genocide?