This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw’s classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea’s history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Offering a radical critique of the existing literature on genocide, he argues that what distinguishes genocide from more legitimate warfare is that the ‘enemies’ targeted are groups...
Table des matières
Preface to the Second Edition
1 Introduction: The Importance of Definition
PART I: THE GENOCIDE IDEA
2 Raphael Lemkin and the Idea of Genocide
3 The Concept a...
A propos de l’auteur
Martin Shaw is a historical sociologist of global politics, war and genocide and the author War and Genocide and Genocide and International Relations. He is Eme...