| Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Destexhe, Alain (Editor), Daley, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814718736 ISBN-13: 9780814718735 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1995 Annotation: In this slim, passionately argued volume - first published to great acclaim in France and considerably updated during the translation process - a deeply involved witness of the massacres takes an unflinching look at recent events in Rwanda and what they can tell us about the nature of genocide. Drawing on his experiences in the killing fields, Destexhe illustrates how genocide is trivialized by superficial contemporary definitions and by modern media and its compulsion to describe any mass killing as genocide. Genocide, Destexhe argues, is the most evil of all crimes as it is directed at the very heart of what it is to be human. Reviewing the three most destructive genocidal campaigns of the twientieth century - the Turkish mass murder of Armenians; the Nazi Holocaust; and the Rwandan cataclysm - the book discusses such central issues as culpability and collective responsibility, the limits of humanitarian intervention, and the complexities of punishing genocidal agents after the fact. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 967.571 |
| LCCN: 95017419 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.56" W x 8.77" (0.56 lbs) 92 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An unflinching look at the events in Rwanda and the nature of genocide The horrific slaughter in Rwanda has once again driven home the deeply rooted existence and continuing presence of genocidal impulses. In this passionately argued volume-first published to great acclaim in France and considerably updated during the translation process-a deeply involved witness of the massacres takes an unflinching look at recent events in Rwanda and what they can tell us about the nature of genocide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Daley, Anthony: - Anthony Daley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Wesleyan University. |