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
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