Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: The CERI series in comparative politics and international studiesPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.Description: xvi, 443 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780231142823 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780231512374 (ebook)
- Purifier et détruire. English
- 304.6/63 22
- HV6322.7 .S4613 2007
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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.
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