The Meaning of Concepts
Some Reflections on the Difficulties in Analysing State Crimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22272903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Feierstein (0000-0002-7215-3335, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HARM – Journal of Hostility Aggression Repression and Malice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2940-3073 • E-ISSN: 2940-3073 |
| Publisher | Universitatsbibliothek der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.46586/harm.2023.10453 |
| OpenAlex | W4362617851 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The article analyses the different concepts used to conceptualise State Crimes (politicide, massacre, State Terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity) in order to explore the theoretical advantages and disadvantages in comparison with the concept of genocide. The article highlights the conceptual problems of the different terms and the theoretical strength of the concept of genocide when compared with any of the other possibilities
Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Epistemology · Ethnic Cleansing · Ethnic group · Genocide · Humanity · International law · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · War crime · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |