Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding Genocide. Daniel Chirot and Jennifer Edwards.
by Chirot, Daniel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 45Human Relations. Publisher: Contexts, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Ethnic cleansing | Genocide -- Defined | Holocaust -- Jewish (1939-1945) | Massacres -- Armenia | Motivation (Psychology) | Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1991-1994 -- Atrocities | Stalin Joseph | Trail of Tears (1838) | Yugoslav War (1991-1995) -- AtrocitiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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