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Why Did They Kill?: Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide
Alexander Laban Hinton
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Paperback. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 382 pages, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBTZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds parallels between the Khmer Rouge and the Nazi regimes. ... Read more
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds parallels between the Khmer Rouge and the Nazi regimes. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
California Series in Public Anthropology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520241794
SKU
V9780520241794
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About Alexander Laban Hinton
Alexander Laban Hinton is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, Newark. He is the editor of Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide (California, 2002), Genocide: An Anthropological Reader (2002), and Biocultural Approaches to the Emotions (1999).
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