Overview

In recent years, the world has been shaken by numerous events that have caused and continue to cause massive human suffering, from the COVID-19 pandemic to intrastate and interstate armed conflicts. Moreover, climate change continues to plow ahead, contributing to growing tensions, population movements, and resource scarcity. Meanwhile, the methods by which groups and group life are threatened, and the means by which violence is incited and perpetrated, continue to evolve. Such divergent crises, even when they overlap or intersect, confound definition and label. This book seeks not to answer the question ""What is genocide?"" but rather ""What is genocide studies?"" When Raphael Lemkin coined the term ""genocide"" in 1944, he could not have foreseen what the world would look like today. Now is the time to think about current manifestations of genocide and those likely to emerge in the future.  

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Author:   Jeffrey S. Bachman ,  Jeffrey S. Bachman ,  Sara E. Brown ,  Esther Brito
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9781978832329

ISBN 10:   197883232
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   11 October 2024
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"""In this paradigm-shifting collection, Jeffrey Bachman assembles authors who are prepared to transcend the boundaries of conventional thinking about genocide. What the 'destruction of nations' means in the age of climate change, pandemics, machine-driven killing, and other challenges to the existence and flourishing of humans is radically rethought in Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead."" -- A.Dirk Moses * author of The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression *"

"""In this paradigm-shifting collection, Jeffrey Bachman assembles authors who are prepared to transcend the boundaries of conventional thinking about genocide. What the 'destruction of nations' means in the age of climate change, pandemics, machine-driven killing, and other challenges to the existence and flourishing of humans is radically rethought in Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead."" -- A.Dirk Moses * author of The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression * ""Horrifyingly, acts of mass violence may be proliferating in ways we don’t anticipate or fully understand. This interdisciplinary volume is timely and significant, engaging innovative approaches that inform and unsettle the evolving field of Genocide Studies to better analyze our complex times.""   -- Eve Darian-Smith * professor and chair of global and international studies, University of California, Irvine * ""Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead challenges us to reconsider the nature of violence and to reimagine the concept of genocide itself. By pushing scholars beyond traditional discussions of mass atrocity, the authors envision bold new directions for the future of genocide studies in a rapidly changing world."" -- Lindsey Kingston * Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Webster University, St. Louis * ""True to its title, Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead maps out a vibrant and constantly expanding field, signposting new directions for those seeking a deeper understanding of genocide and interdisciplinary approaches to studying it. By illuminating underexplored avenues of research by some of the most exciting scholars working on these issues, this volume illustrates just how rich genocide studies has become…and how much more work there is to be done."" -- Kerry Whigham * author of Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies *"

"""In this paradigm-shifting collection, Jeffrey Bachman assembles authors who are prepared to transcend the boundaries of conventional thinking about genocide. What the 'destruction of nations' means in the age of climate change, pandemics, machine-driven killing, and other challenges to the existence and flourishing of humans is radically rethought in Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead.""--A.Dirk Moses ""author of The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression"""

Author Information

JEFFREY S. BACHMAN is an associate professor at American University's School of International Service. He is the author of The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect (Rutgers University Press, 2022) and The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship and the editor of Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations.

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