Perpetrating Genocide: A Criminological Account

ISBN-13: 9781138648814 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Kjell Anderson

Opis

Focusing on the relationship between the micro level of perpetrator motivation and the macro level normative discourse, this book offers an in-depth explanation for the perpetration of genocide. It is the first comparative criminological treatment of genocide drawn from substantial original field research and is based on interviews between perpetrators and the author. It provides fresh perspectives on the problem of genocide, as well as to existing criminological and genocide literature. The book utilises scientific methods with the objective of gaining some degree of insight into the causes of genocide.　 It is argued that genocide is more than a mere intellectual abstraction - it is a crime with real consequences and real victims. Abstraction and objectivity may be intellectual ideals but they are not ideally humane and genocide is ultimately about the destruction of humanity. Thus, this book avoids presenting an overly abstract image of genocide, but rather grounds its analysis in language that is not stripped of all human consequence. The author argues that, in order to understand, we must open the doors of perception. This book will be highly useful to academics and students with an interest in genocide and the causes of mass violence; this may include sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, historians, and area specialists. It will also concern policy-makers engaged with the issues of genocide and conflict prevention.

Spis treści

Prologue: Inside Nyamata Church  1. Introduction: An Unimaginable and Uncharacteristic Act  2. The Emergence of the Genocidal Context  3. The Genocidal Context  4. Propaganda: Communicating the Moral Context  5. Who Kills?  6. Deciding to Kill  7. Killing  8. Rationalizing Killing  9. Coping with Killing  10. After Genocide I: Memory, Trauma, & Rehabilitation  11. After Genocide II: Justice  12. Conclusion: Killing Without Consequence?