Genocide : approaches, case studies, and responses / edited by Graham C. Kinloch, Raj P. Mohan

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Intro -- Genocide: -- Approaches, Case Studies, and Responses -- Genocide: -- Approaches, Case Studies, -- and Responses -- Graham C. Kinloch, Florida State University -- Erik Allardt, Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki -- Mihran Dabag, University of Bochum (Germany) -- Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University -- Franco Ferrarotti, University of Rome -- Arthur S. Wilke, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University -- Medardus Brehl, University of Bochum (Germany) -- Tarique Niazi, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire -- Lydia Aran, Hebrew University -- Raj P. Mohan, Auburn University -- Max Koch, University of Ulster -- Kristin Platt, University of Bochum (Germany) -- Kurt H. Wolff, Brandeis University -- James Jenkins, Auburn University Libraries -- Foreword by -- Erik Allardt -- Edited by -- Graham C. Kinloch &amp -- Raj P. Mohan -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Erik Allardt, Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki -- Preface -- Introduction -- Graham C. Kinloch &amp -- Raj P. Mohan -- Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Genocide -- Chapter 1. The Possible Causes and Reduction of Genocide: An Exploration -- Graham C. Kinloch, Florida State University -- Defining the Term -- Sociological Background -- Theories of Genocide -- Comparative Case Studies -- Possible Prevention -- Towards a General Theory of Genocide -- Policy Implications -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2. Modern Societies and Collective Violence: The Framework of Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies -- Chapter 2. Modern Societies and Collective Violence -- Mihran Dabag -- Framework -- Comparative Genocide Research -- The Perpetrator of Genocide -- Genocide and the Nation State -- Genocide and Identity -- Science and Perspective -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3. The Ultimate Oppression: The Urge to Genocide -- Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University.

I. The Nature of Genocide -- II. Children of Darkness: The Banality of Oppression -- III. Ambiguities of Hope: Some Alternatives -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4. On Genocide, Old And New -- Franco Ferrarotti, University of Rome -- I -- II -- III -- References -- Part II. Conceptual Approaches to Genocide -- Chapter 5. The Success and Failure of "Genocide" -- Arthur S. Wilke, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University -- Disciplinary and Behavioral Legacies -- The Ethos of Liberalism: A Snarled Legacy -- "Genocide:" Lemkin's Unfinished Legacy -- The Flattening of Moral Life -- Nonacademic Challenges -- References -- Chapter 6. The Decisive Generation: Self-Authori zation and Delegations in Deciding a Genocide -- Chapter 6. The Decisive Generation -- Mihran Dabag -- The Creation of New Generations -- Generational Knowledge and Generational Discourse -- The Importance of the Construction of Generations for the Legitimization of Genocide -- Construction of "Second" Generation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III. Case Studies of Genocide -- Chapter 7. Strategies of Exclusion: The Genocide of the Herero in German Colonial Discourse -- Medardus Brehl -- The Facts and the Discourse -- The Stream of History -- Scramble for Identity -- Coding the "Enemy" -- Phrases of Elimination -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8. Global Inaction, Ethnic Animosity, or Resource Maldistribution? An Ecological Explanation of Genocide in Rwanda -- Chapter 8. Global Inaction, Ethnic Animosity, or Resource Maldistribution? -- Tarique Niazi, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire -- Section I. Introduction -- Section II. Background -- Section III. Ecological Construction of Ethnicity and Ethnic Distribu tion of Ecology -- Ecological Construction of Ethnicity -- Ethnic Distribution of Ecology -- Pre-Colonial Era (1500-1897): Tutsi Domination of Hutus.

Colonial Era (1897-1962): Continuation of Tutsi Domination of Hutus -- Post-Colonial Era (1962-1994): Hutu Majority Takes Over Rwanda -- Section IV. Ecological Limits and Ecological Overshoot -- Land Limits -- Soil Limits -- Water Limits -- Ecological Overshoot -- Section V. Discussion and Conclusions -- Discussion of the Case -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9. The Forgotten Dead: Representations of the Past in the Tibetan Refugee Community in India -- Lydia Aran -- References -- Part IV. Comparative Analyses of Genocide -- Chapter 10. Genocide as a Possible Response to Westernization: Government Treatment of Minorities in Afghanistan and Iran -- Chapter 10. Genocide as a Possible Response to Westernization -- Raj P. Mohan, Auburn University -- The Relevance of Critical Theory -- Reactions to Westernization -- The Hindus, Sikhs and Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan -- The Baha'is and Others in Iran -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11. Conflict Regulation in Chile and Northern Ireland: The Role of Elites -- Max Koch, University of Ulster -- Introduction -- Chile -- Northern Ireland -- A Comparison of the Case Studies -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V. Responses To Genocide -- Chapter 12. Witnessing the Catastrophe -- Kristin Platt -- 1. Doubts About the Survivor's Narrative -- 2. Limits of Experience -- 3. Surviving and Trauma -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13. Genocide and Me -- Kurt H. Wolff, Brandeis University -- References -- Genocide: A Bibliography -- James Jenkins, Auburn University Libraries -- Reference -- Films -- Web Sites -- Africa -- Armenia -- Asia Indonesia and the Middle East -- Bosnia Hercegovina Yugoslavia -- Holocaust -- General -- Notes on Contributors -- Subject Index -- Name Index.

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