Introudction: Genocide Denial in the Twenty-First Century / Bedross Der Matossian -- Denial of Genocide of Indigenous People in the United States / Robert K. Hitchcock -- Armenian Genocide and Its Denial : A Comprehensive Tool of Supremacism? / Talin Suciyan -- "Weaponizing the First Amendment" : Denial of the Armenian Genocide and the U.S. Courts / Marc A. Mamigonian -- Coalition Politics and Parliamentary Paralysis : The Armenian Genocide Bill during the Netanyahu Administration, 2009-2021 / Eldad Ben Aharon -- Denying the Shoah : Distorting History in the Twenty-First Century / Gerald J. Steinacher -- Aversions to Acknowledging the Khmer Rouge Genocides in Cambodia, 1990-2021 / Ben Kiernan -- Denial of the Guatemalan Genocide, 1981-2020 / Samuel Totten -- Regional Political Implications of Bosnian Genocide Denial / Jelena Subotic -- Mainstreaming the Denial of the Genocide Against the Tutsi / Roland Moerland -- A Multifront War of Narratives : The Assad Regime's Emerging Denialism / Ugur Umit Ungor and Annsar Shahhoud -- Epilogue : Denials of reality remove the capacity to think straight and logically in order to feel protected and safe / Israel W. Charny.
Summary:
"Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century discusses genocide denial in the twenty-first century by concentrating on communication, social networks, and public spheres of daily life"-- Provided by publisher. "Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal definitions, blaming the victim, and various modes of intimidation, such as threats of legal action. Arguably the most effective strategy, however, has been denial through the purposeful creation of misinformation. Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century brings together leading scholars from across disciplines to add to the body of genocide scholarship that is challenged by denialist literature. By concentrating on factors such as the role of communications and news media, global and national social networks, the weaponization of information by authoritarian regimes and political parties, court cases in the United States and Europe, freedom of speech, and postmodernist thought, this volume discusses how genocide denial is becoming a fact of daily life in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
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