Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sémelin, Jacques.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

CERI series in comparative politics and international studies (London, England)

CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

Standardized Title:

Purifier et détruire. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Political aspects.

Genocide.

Physical Description:

xvi, 443 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, [2007]

Contents:

The imaginary constructs of social destructiveness

From inflammatory discourse to sacrificial violence

International context, war and the media

The dynamics of mass murder

The vertigo of impunity

The political uses of massacres and genocides

Conclusion: The "never again" refrain.

Notes:

First published in France in October 2005 by Editions du Seuil, Paris as 'Purifier et détruire: usages politiques des massacres et génocides'.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384- 391) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781850658177

185065817X

OCLC:

156821384