War rape, natality and genocide

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6196782
AutoresRobin May Schott (0000-0002-0957-2916, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen13
Número1-2
Páginas5-21
Fecha de publicación2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Genocide Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1462-3528 • E-ISSN: 1469-9494
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14623528.2011.559111
PMID21941691
OpenAlexW2055050252
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

Feminist philosophy can make an important contribution to the field of genocide studies, and issues relating to gender and war are gaining new attention. In this article I trace legal and philosophical analyses of sexual violence against women in war. I analyze the strengths and limitations of the concept of social death—introduced into this field by Claudia Card—for understanding the genocidal features of war rape, and draw on the work of Hannah Arendt to understand the central harm of genocide as an assault on natality. The threat to natality posed by the harms of rape, forced pregnancy and forced maternity lie in the potential expulsion from the public world of certain groups—including women who are victims, members of the 'enemy' group, and children born of forced birth

Adversary · Computer security · Criminology · Genocide · Harm · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology