Chirot, Daniel,
Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide. Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards. - Contexts, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 45, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide, Spring 2003; pp. 12-19.
"The usual, narrow definition delimits genocide as a rare event produced by religious or racial ideologues....When we expand our definition, however, we discover that there are several important distinctions in the types of motivation and justifications political leaders give when committing genocidal acts. These differences can help us to better understand and anticipate genocide." (CONTEXTS) The author defines genocide, examines the four basic types based on the objective of the perpetrators--convenience, revenge, fear and purification--and explains how better understanding them can help prevention efforts.
1522-3248;
Stalin Joseph
Ethnic cleansing
Genocide--Defined
Holocaust--Jewish (1939-1945)
Massacres--Armenia
Motivation (Psychology)
Trail of Tears (1838)
Yugoslav War (1991-1995)--Atrocities
Rwanda--History--Atrocities--Civil War, 1991-1994
AC1.S5
050
Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide. Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards. - Contexts, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 45, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide, Spring 2003; pp. 12-19.
"The usual, narrow definition delimits genocide as a rare event produced by religious or racial ideologues....When we expand our definition, however, we discover that there are several important distinctions in the types of motivation and justifications political leaders give when committing genocidal acts. These differences can help us to better understand and anticipate genocide." (CONTEXTS) The author defines genocide, examines the four basic types based on the objective of the perpetrators--convenience, revenge, fear and purification--and explains how better understanding them can help prevention efforts.
1522-3248;
Stalin Joseph
Ethnic cleansing
Genocide--Defined
Holocaust--Jewish (1939-1945)
Massacres--Armenia
Motivation (Psychology)
Trail of Tears (1838)
Yugoslav War (1991-1995)--Atrocities
Rwanda--History--Atrocities--Civil War, 1991-1994
AC1.S5
050