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Genocide in the Age of the Nation State: Volume 1: The Meaning of Genocide
Mark Levene
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Paperback. How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? This book sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? "The Meaning of Genocide" is the first work of its nature to consider the phenomenon within a broad context of world historical development. In this book, Mark Levene sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide and understanding what we mean by perpetrators and victims, before placing it in the context of world history. "The ... Read more
How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? "The Meaning of Genocide" is the first work of its nature to consider the phenomenon within a broad context of world historical development. In this book, Mark Levene sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide and understanding what we mean by perpetrators and victims, before placing it in the context of world history. "The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845117528
SKU
V9781845117528
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About Mark Levene
Mark Levene is Reader in Comparative History at the University of Southampton, and in the Parkes Centre for Jewish:non-Jewish relations. His works include War, Jews and the New Europe (1992) which was awarded the annual Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, and with Penny Roberts ed., The Massacre in History (1999). He is also a peace and environmental activist, and co-founder ... Read more
Reviews for Genocide in the Age of the Nation State: Volume 1: The Meaning of Genocide
"Very impressive" - Eric Hobsbawm