Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide, Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

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Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide, Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

Title remainder

the political uses of massacre and genocide

Statement of responsibility

Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch

Instantiates

• Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide

Publication

• London, Hurst & Company, 2007

Note

First published in France in October 2005 by Editions du Seuil, Paris as 'Purifier et détruire: usages politiques des massacres et génocides'

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384- 391) and indexes

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• nc

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rdacarrier.

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent.

Contents

• The
• imaginary constructs of social destructiveness -- From inflammatory discourse to sacrificial violence -- International context, war and the media -- The
• dynamics of mass murder -- The
• vertigo of impunity -- The
• political uses of massacres and genocides -- Conclusion: The "never again" refrain

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FIEb1360790x

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23 cm.

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xvi, 443 pages

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9781850658177

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rdamedia.

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• n

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u240556

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(OCoLC)156821384