New Directions in Genocide Research

by Jones; Adam

• ISBN13: 9780415495974
• ISBN10: 0415495970
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-01-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Genocide studies is a relatively new field of comparative inquiry, but recent years have seen an increasing range of themes and subject-matter being addressed reflecting a variety of features of the field and transformations within it. This edited book brings together established scholars with rising stars and seeks to capture the range of new approaches, theories and case studies in the field. The book is split into three broad sections: Section Ifocuses on broad theories of comparative genocide, covering a number of different perspectives. Section IIcritically reconsiders core themes of genocide studies, including humanitarian intervention and the role of bystanders; and unfolds a range of challenging new directions, including the forcible transfer of children as a genocidal strategy, cultural genocide, the art and architecture of genocide, gender and genocide, structural violence, and the novel application of remote-sensing technologies to the detection and study of genocide. Section IIis case-study focused, seeking to place both canonical and little-known cases of genocide in broader comparative perspective. Cases analyzed include genocide in North America, the Nazi Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and the Sri Lankan genocide. The combination of cutting-edge scholarship and innovative approaches to familiar subjects makes this essential reading for all students and scholars in the field of genocide studies.

Author Biography

Adam Jones is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, Canada. His recent books include Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (2nd edition, 20101 and Gender Inclusive: Essays on Violence, Men, and Feminist International Relations (2009).

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. xi
Notes on contributors	p. xiii
Editor's preface: the present and future of genocide studies	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxix
Theories	p. 1
From Definition to Process: the effects and roots of genocide	p. 3
Sampling and boundaries	p. 5
Law and final outcomes	p. 8
Genocide and genocides	p. 9
Perpetrators and victims	p. 11
Old assumptions, new directions, and genocide prevention	p. 13
Notes	p. 15
The Concept of "Genocidal Social Practices"	p. 18
Genocide as a social practice	p. 19
Genocide and the reformulation of social relations	p. 21
Toward an attempt at periodization	p. 23
The denial of the identity of victims	p. 28
The transference of guilt	p. 31
Horror and paralysis	p. 31
Reformulating social relations: a struggle for identity	p. 32
Notes	p. 33
Genocidal Moralities: a critique	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Part 1: the sociology of morality	p. 39
Part 2: genocidal moralities	p. 45
Conclusion	p. 51
Notes	p. 51
Themes	p. 55
The Destruction of Sarajevo's Vijecnica: a case of genocidal cultural destruction?	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
Cultural destruction: legal precedents	p. 60
Lemkin and the concept of genocidal cultural destruction	p. 60
Cultural destruction and genocidal intent	p. 65
Cultural destruction and genocidal intent: reevaluating the Vijecnica	p. 66
Conclusion	p. 68
Notes	p. 69
Genocidal Masculinity	p. 76
Men and genocide	p. 78
Genocidal masculinity and patriarchy	p. 80
Genocidal masculinity and the family	p. 84
Genocidal masculinity and life force atrocities	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 91
Notes	p. 92
Invisible Males: a critical assessment of UN gender mainstreaming policies in the Congolese genocide	p. 96
Introduction	p. 96
Patterns of gender-based violence during genocide	p. 97
Gender-based violence in the DRC	p. 98
Gender policies at the UN: gender mainstreaming?	p. 102
The UN's gender policies in the DRC	p. 104
Acknowledging gendercide	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 107
Notes	p. 108
Tracking Evidence of Genocide through Environmental Change: applying remote sensing to the study of genocide	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Research approaches	p. 114
Guatemala	p. 115
Rwanda	p. 118
East Timor	p. 119
Darfur	p. 121
Prevention, intervention, and evidence obtention	p. 125
Legal applications	p. 126
Conclusion	p. 128
Notes	p. 128
Genocide and Structural Violence: charting the terrain	p. 132
Introduction	p. 132
Structural violence and the genocidal continuum	p. 133
Structural violence and genocidal intent	p. 134
Cases (1): a brief summary	p. 135
Cases (2): parameters of evaluation	p. 142
Strategies of intervention and prevention	p. 144
Conclusion	p. 147
Notes	p. 148
Moral Bystanders and Mass Violence	p. 153
The bystander	p. 154
Elements of moral bystanding	p. 158
Complexity in bystander behavior	p. 161
Motive and action	p. 164
Conclusion	p. 166
Notes	p. 166
Cases	p. 169
When "The World Was Turned Upside Down": California and Oregon's Tolowa Indian genocide, 1851-1856	p. 171
Taa-laa-waa-dvn before 1851	p. 172
Phase I: the killings begin, 1851 -1853	p. 174
Phase II: organized massacres, 1853	p. 175
Phase III: state-supported killing	p. 179
Aftermath: reservations	p. 186
Genocide	p. 189
Acknowledgments	p. 192
Notes	p. 192
Fresh Understandings of the Armenian Genocide: mapping new terrain with old questions	p. 198
Introduction	p. 198
The structure of the genocidal process	p. 199
The macro (inter-state) context	p. 200
The meso (intra-societal) context	p. 203
The micro level: ordinary people	p. 206
Conclusion	p. 210
Notes	p. 210
Sri Lanka and Genocidal Violence: from retrospective to prospective research	p. 215
Conceptual limitations	p. 217
Sri Lanka: a historical and socio-economic investigation	p. 218
Conclusion: research implications	p. 225
Notes	p. 226
Researching Genocide in Africa: establishing ethnological and historical context	p. 231
Introduction	p. 231
The anthropology of genocide	p. 232
Arab versus African: the Western pop narrative of Darfur	p. 233
Racial constructions and social patterns in Darfur	p. 237
The onset of war, the collapse of the social order, and native administration	p. 241
Conclusion	p. 246
Notes	p. 248
The Challenge of Social Reconciliation in Rwanda: identity, justice, and transformation	p. 254
Genocide and the challenges of reconciliation	p. 255
Genocide's legacy in Rwanda	p. 257
The experience in Rwanda	p. 260
Conclusion	p. 265
Notes	p. 267
Selected bibliography	p. 270
Index	p. 274
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