Genocides by the oppressed : subaltern genocide in theory and practice / edited by Nicholas A. Robins and Adam Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robins, Nicholas A., 1964-

Jones, Adam, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide.

Ethnic conflict.

Physical Description:

vi, 217 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the last two decades, the field of comparative genocide studies has produced an increasingly rich literature on the targeting of various groups for extermination and other atrocities, throughout history and around the contemporary world. However, the phenomenon of "genocides by the oppressed," that is, retributive genocidal actions carried out by subaltern actors, has received almost no attention. The prominence in such genocides of non-state actors, combined with the perceived moral ambiguities of retributive genocide that arise in analyzing genocidal acts "from below," have so far eluded serious investigation. Genocides by the Oppressed addresses this oversight, opening the subject of subaltern genocide for exploration by scholars of genocide, ethnic conflict, and human rights. Focusing on case studies of such genocide, the contributors explore its sociological, anthropological, psychological, symbolic, and normative dimensions.

Contents:

Introduction : subaltern genocide in theory and practice / Adam Jones and Nicholas A. Robins

Symbolism and subalternity : the 1680 pueblo revolt of New Mexico and the 1780-82 Andean great rebellion / Nicholas A. Robins

On the genocidal aspect of certain subaltern uprisings : a research note / Adam Jones

Ethical cleansing? The expulsion of Germans from central and eastern Europe / Eric Langenbacher

Oppression and vengeance in the Cambodian genocide / Alexander Laban Hinton

From Jasenovac to Srebrenica : subaltern genocide and the Serbs / David B. MacDonald

Visions of the "oppressor" in Rwanda's pre-genocidal media / Christopher C. Taylor

Genocide, humiliation, and inferiority : an interdisciplinary perspective / Evelin G. Lindner

Evolution, primates, and subaltern genocide / E.O. Smith

"When the rabbit's got the gun" : subaltern genocide and the genocidal continuum / Adam Jones.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612238222

1-282-23822-1

0-253-00297-4

OCLC:

434586620