On the genocide concept
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481527 |
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| Authors | Jon Piccini (0000-0002-0770-8963, Australian Catholic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 174 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-143 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07255136231151500 |
| OpenAlex | W4317814782 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
A. Dirk Moses' The Problems of Genocide builds on his decades of work in the field of genocide research. This review article looks at the impact the book has had to date before considering its two key arguments - that genocide's invention in the 1940s distilled a centuries old 'language of transgression', which in turn served to justify and normalise what Moses dubs 'liberal permanent security'. I conclude by considering the possibilities and limits of 'conceptual history
Epistemology · Genocide · Political science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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