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Author:
Sémelin, Jacques.
Title:
Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide / Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xvi, 443 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Genocide--Political aspects.
Other Titles:
Purifier et détruire. English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-391) and indexes.
Contents:
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.
Series:
The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies
ISBN:
0231512376 (e-book)
9780231512374 (e-book)
023114282X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231142823 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)85018362
LCCN:
2007006228
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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