What is Genocide? (eBook)

Martin Shaw (Autor)

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2015 | 2. Auflage
232 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-8710-0 (ISBN)

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This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw's classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea's history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Offering a radical critique of the existing literature on genocide, he argues that what distinguishes genocide from more legitimate warfare is that the 'enemies' targeted are groups and individuals of a civilian character. He vividly illustrates his argument with a wide range of historical examples - from the Holocaust to Rwanda and Palestine to Yugoslavia - and shows how the question 'What is genocide?' matters politically whenever populations are threatened by violence.

The second edition of this compelling book will continue to spark interest and vigorous debate, appealing to students and scholars across the social sciences and in international law.

Autor

Martin Shaw is a historical sociologist of global politics, war and genocide and the author War and Genocide and Genocide and International Relations. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.

Inhalt

Preface to the Second Edition

1 Introduction: The Importance of Definition

PART I: THE GENOCIDE IDEA

2 Raphael Lemkin and the Idea of Genocide

3 The Concept after Lemkin

4 The Holocaust Standard

5 The 'Cleansing' Euphemism

6 The Many 'Cides' of Genocide

PART II: AGENCY AND STRUCTURE IN GENOCIDE

7 From Intentionality to a Structural Concept

8 The Structure of Genocide: Conflict and War

9 Actors and Process in Genocidal Conflict

10 Structural Contexts: Explaining Modern Genocide

11 Conclusion: New Definitions

Index

Rezensionen

In this second edition of his wonderful book, Shaw shows that
definitions matter in explaining genocide. Incorporating recent
work he gives a highly-intelligent view of genocide, broadly
defined as in Raphael Lemkin?s original coining of the term. If you
want to read a general work on genocide and ethnic cleansing, this
should be your first choice.

Michael Mann, University of California, Los Angeles

The first edition of What is Genocide? rightly became an instant
classic. The second edition adds depth on Raphael Lemkin, the
notion of genocidal massacre and the structural dimensions of
genocide. It is essential reading for teaching and thinking about
this troubling subject.

Dirk Moses, European University Institute

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: Global politics • Internationale Beziehungen • Internationales Recht • International Law • International Relations • Law • Political Science • Politikwissenschaft • Rechtswissenschaft • Völkermord • Völkermord • Weltpolitik
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-8710-5 / 0745687105
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-8710-0 / 9780745687100