Redefining genocide : settler colonialism, social death and ecocide / Damien Short.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Short, Damien, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Sociological aspects.

Genocide.

Ecology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2016.

Summary:

"In this highly controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is and should be defined. Rather than focusing solely on a narrow conception of genocide as direct mass-killing, through close empirical analysis of a number of under-discussed case studies - including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Australia and Alberta, Canada - the book reveals the key role played by settler colonialism, capitalism, finite resources and the ecological crisis in driving genocidal social death on a global scale."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

Definitional conundrums : a sociological approach to genocide

The genocide-ecocide nexus

Palestine / with Haifa Rashed

Sri Lanka / with Vinay Prakash

Australia

Tar sands and the indigenous peoples of northern Alberta / with Jennifer Huseman

Looking to the future : where to from here?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-250) and index.

ISBN:

9781350222199

1350222194

9781848135468

1848135467

9781783601707

1783601701

OCLC:

952337076