Overview
- Provides a detailed critical analysis of some of academic and journalistic debates on colonial genocide
- Analyzes two major cases studies of genocide, the Tasmanian genocide and the Nakba
- Presents the argument that all decision-makers and global denizens need to treat genocidal recognition as a rhetorical achievement
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This book analyses the debates on colonial genocide in the 21st century and introduces cases where states are reluctant to acknowledge genocides. The author departs from traditional studies of the work of Raphael Lemkin or U.N. definitions of genocide so that readers can examine genocide recognition as a political act that is bound up in partial perceptions and political motivations. The study looks at the Tasmanian genocide, Al-Nakba, and several other tragic events. It also looks at the ways that these historical and contemporary debates about colonial genocides are related to today’s conversations about apologies and other restorative justice acts. This work will be of interest to a wide range of audiences including researchers, scholars, graduate students, and policy makers in the fields of political history, genocide studies, and political science.
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marouf Hasian, Jr. is Professor of Communication at the University of Utah, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Debates on Colonial Genocide in the 21st Century
Authors: Marouf Hasian Jr.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21278-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21277-3Published: 03 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21278-0Published: 21 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 152
Topics: Political Theory, Human Rights, Regionalism, Development and Post-Colonialism, Conflict Studies