Studies in Comparative Genocide

by Levon Chorbajian (Editor), George Shirinian (Editor)

Overview

Many of the world's leading authorities in history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the twentieth century. Featured authors include Irving Louis Horowitz, Helen Fein, Vahakn Dadrian, Roger W. Smith, Henry Huttenbach, Ervin Staub, and Turkish historian Taner Ak . The volume covers the genocides of the Armenians, Ukrainians, Jews, Gypsies, Rwandans and Bosnians, and also topics of genocide denial and prevention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349273508
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/13/1999
Edition description:	1st ed. 1999
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

ROUBEN P. ADALIAN Project Director of the Armenian National Institute in Washington, D.C. TANER AKÇAM Research Fellow at the Hamburg Institute for the Social Sciences YEHUDA BAUER Permanent Academic Chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry and Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem VAHAKN N. DADRIAN Director of a large genocide study project supported by the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation HELEN FEIN Executive Director of he Institute of Genocide and an Associate of the Froançois-Zavier Bagboud Institute for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard University School of Public Health IRVING L. HOROWITZ Hannah Arendt Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Political science at Rutgers University ANOUSH HOVANISSIAN Researcher at the Institute for Near Eastern Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia HENRY R. HUTTENBACH Professor of Russian and East European History at the City College of New York BEN KIERNAN Associate Professor of History and Director of the Cambodian Genocide Program at Yale University FRANKLIN H. LITTELL Emeritus Professor of Religion at Temple University and Adjunct Professor at the institute of Contemporary Jewry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem JAMES J. REID Senior Research Fellow at the Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism in Rancho Cordova, California ROGER W. SMITH Professor of government at the College of William and Mary in Virginia ERVIN STAUB Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst FRANK E. SYSYN Director of the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta.

Table of Contents

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction SECTION I: APPROACHES TO GENOCIDE State Power and Genocidal Intent: On the Uses of Genocide in the Twentieth Century; R.W.Smith Science, Modernity and Authorized Terror: Reconsidering the Genocidal State; I.L.Horowitz Comparison of Genocides; Y.Bauer SECTION II: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A Conceptual Method for Examining the Consequences of the Armenian Genocide; R.P.Adalian Philosophy of State-Subject Relations, Ottoman Concepts of Tyranny, and the Demonization of Subjects: Conservative Ottomanism as a Source of Genocidal Behaviour, 1821-1918; J.J.Reid The Convergent Roles of the State and a Governmental Party in the Armenian Genocide; V.N.Dadrian The Genocide of the Armenians and the Silence of the Turks; T.Ak Turkey: A Cultural Genocide; A.Hovannisian SECTION III: COMPARATIVE GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE DENIAL, AND GENOCIDE PREVENTION Testing Theories Brutally: L Armenia (1915), Bosnia (1922), and Rwanda (1994); H.Fein Enver Pasha and Pol Pot: A Comparison of the Armenian and Cambodian Genocides; B.Kiernan The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33: The Role of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Research and Public Discussion; F.Sysyn The Psychology and Politics of Genocide Denial: A Comparison of Four Case Studies; H.R.Huttenback Breaking the Succession of Evil; F.H.Littell Preventing Genocide: Activating Bystanders, Helping Victims Heal, Helping Groups Overcome Hostility; E.Staub Index

Editorial Reviews

'...the book is a solid contribution to the literature of genocide. The collected articles provide an abundance of stimulating ideas that will serve as a source of inspiration...' - Dave Decker, California State University, Journal of Intercultural Studies

From the Publisher

Contains papers originally presented at an April 1995 conference, shedding light on historical and ideological aspects of major genocides of the 20th century. Papers are arranged in sections on approaches to genocide, the Armenian genocide, and comparative genocide, genocide denial, and prevention. Considers the uses of genocide in the 20th century, and discusses a conceptual method for examining the consequences of the Armenian genocide. Examines the lives of two infamous, Pol Pot and Enver Pasha, and discusses the psychology of denial. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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