Handbook of genocide studies / edited by David J. Simon (Senior Lecturer, Jackson School of Global Affairs and Director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale University) and Leora Kahn (Visiting Scholar-Practitioner, University of Dayton and Executive Director of PROOF Media for Social Justice, US).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simon, David J., editor.

Kahn, Leora, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Study and teaching.

Genocide.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"Providing an intellectual biography of the challenging concept of genocide from inception to present day, this topical Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach to shed new light on the events, processes, and legacies in the field. Reaching beyond the traditional study of canonical genocides and related pathologies of behaviour, this Handbook strives to spell out the multiple dimensions of genocide studies as an academic realm. In doing so, it incorporates a vast range of methods and disciplines, including historiography, archival research, listening to testimony, philosophical inquiry, film studies, and art criticism. Contributors address a broad array of episodes, including genocides of indigenous populations in the Americas and Africa, the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, twentieth century genocides in Indonesia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and twenty-first century genocides in Iraq, Myanmar, and China. By developing a cross-disciplinary framework, this Handbook showcases the diversity that comprises the field and creates a rich understanding of the origin, effects, and legacy of genocide. With a wide variety of perspectives, this Handbook will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of international and human rights, public policy, and political geography and geopolitics, particularly those interested in genocide studies and the UN Genocide Convention"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to the handbook of genocide studies / David J. Simon

Part I. The birth of a concept

1. The history of raphaël lemkin and the UN genocide convention / Douglas Irvin-Erickson

Part II. Genocide studies: History and ideas

2. Genocide of indigenous peoples in North America / David MacDonald

3. Destroying to replace: Reflections on motive forces behind civilian-driven violence in settler genocides of indigenous peoples / Mohamed Adhikari

4. The historiography of the armenian genocide / Suren Manukyan

5. Holocaust research and genocide studies: Facing the problem of integration / Charlotte Kiechel

Part III. Genocide studies and international relations

6. The interpretation and (non-)application of the genocide convention during the cold war / Anton Weiss-Wendt

7. Mass murder and genocide in indonesia and cambodia, 1965-79: Cold war, state, and region / Ben Kiernan

8. The impact of genocide in rwanda and bosnia on genocide policy and genocide studies / David J. Simon

Part IV. Genocide studies as social science

9. State strategies to implement (and hide) genocide in China and myanmar since 2017 / Magnus Fiskesjö

10. Genocide prevention: Perspectives from psychological and social economic choice models / Charles H. Anderton

11. The potential of - and problems with - perpetrator research / Christian Gudehus

12. Making choices: The roles of rescuers in rwanda and bosnia / Leora Kahn

13. Trauma, grief, and bereavement after genocide: The rwandan case / Amélie Faucheux

14. Religion and genocide studies / Kate E. Temoney

15. Gender and sexual violence in genocide / Anna Di Lellio

Part V. Genocide studies in the arts and humanites

16. Reframing the moment of first contact: Lessons from the cinematic genre of science fiction / Daniel Conway

17. Music and genocide / Stéphanie Khoury

18. A network of witnesses: Photography and genocide / Paul Lowe

19. Historical burden: Art after genocide / Elmedin Zunić

20. Museums and the memory of genocide / Amy Sodaro

Part VI. Genocide in discourse

21. Questionable practices in genocide discourse / Aleksandar Jokic

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800379343 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.