Purify and destroy :

Sémelin, Jacques.

Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. - xvi, 443 p. ; 23 cm. - The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-391) and indexes.

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 -- The "never again" refrain.

9780231142823 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231512374 (ebook)

2007006228


Genocide--Political aspects.

HV6322.7 / .S4613 2007

304.6/63