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Outlawing Genocide Denial
Guenter Lewy
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Description for Outlawing Genocide Denial
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
In Outlawing Genocide Denial, historian and political scientist Guenter Lewy scrutinizes the controversial practice of criminalizing genocide denial.
Holocaust denial can be viewed as another form of hatred against Jews and restricting it can be understood as a way of preventing hate speech. Germany has made it a crime punishable by law. Other European countries have adopted similar laws. While the rationales for criminalizing speech seems reasonable, Lewy asks readers to look again and to consider carefully the dangers of doing so. His discussion neither dismisses the ramifications of genocide denial nor justifies it; he instead looks closely at ... Read more
In Outlawing Genocide Denial, historian and political scientist Guenter Lewy scrutinizes the controversial practice of criminalizing genocide denial.
Holocaust denial can be viewed as another form of hatred against Jews and restricting it can be understood as a way of preventing hate speech. Germany has made it a crime punishable by law. Other European countries have adopted similar laws. While the rationales for criminalizing speech seems reasonable, Lewy asks readers to look again and to consider carefully the dangers of doing so. His discussion neither dismisses the ramifications of genocide denial nor justifies it; he instead looks closely at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813729
SKU
V9781607813729
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About Guenter Lewy
Guenter Lewy is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His books include The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany; The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies; The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide(The University of Utah Press, 2005); and Essays on Genocide and Human Intervention (The University of Utah Press, 2012).
Reviews for Outlawing Genocide Denial
"Lewy's case studies are inherently interesting not only because they reveal the dangers of political interference in scholarship but also because they demonstrate the length to which Holocaust deniers go to make their specious arguments. Lewy is an experienced writer who knows how to present his findings and interpretations clearly and convincingly." —Abraham Ascher, author of The Revolution of 1905: ... Read more