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1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction. Are we killers or peacemakers? -- 1. Why genocides? : are they different now than in the past? -- The four main motives leading to mass political murder -- Are modern genocides and ethnic cleansings different? -- Retribalization and the modern state -- 2. The psychological foundations of genocidal killing -- How to get ordinary people to become butchers -- Organization -- Emotional appeals : leaders and followers -- Essentializing others -- The dangerous similar others -- The conditions of genocide -- 3. Why is limited warfare more common than genocide? -- Weighing the costs of genocidal conflicts -- Limiting the damage of warfare -- Exogamy : making the enemy part of the family -- Establishing codes of warfare and exchange to limit violence -- Are rules of exogamy, codes of honor, and potlatching still relevant? -- The mercantile compulsion -- Morality and modesty : rejecting certitude -- Yearning for solutions -- 4. Strategies to decrease the chances of mass political murder in our time -- State policies that reduce hostility between groups -- Limiting demands for justice and revenge -- Modest solutions and small-scale changes to promote tolerance -- The crucial role of states in promoting peaceful exchanges -- Individual rights and pluralist histories -- Conclusion. Our question answered. |
| Summary |
"Cowritten by historical sociologist Daniel Chirot and psychologist Clark McCauley, the book goes beyond exploring the motives that have provided the psychological underpinnings for genocidal killings. It offers a historical and comparative context that adds up to a causal taxonomy of genocidal events. Rather than suggesting that such horrors are the product of abnormal or criminal minds, the authors emphasize the normality of these horrors: killing by category has occurred on every continent and in every century. But genocide is much less common than the imbalance of power that makes it possible. Throughout history human societies have developed techniques aimed at limiting intergroup violence. Incorporating ethnographic, historical, and current political evidence, this book examines the mechanisms of constraint that human societies have employed to temper partisan passions and reduce carnage."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Genocide.
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Genocide. |
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Social conflict.
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Social conflict. |
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Conflict management.
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Conflict management. |
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Genocide -- Prevention.
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Genocide -- Prevention. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McCauley, Clark R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chirot, Daniel. Why not kill them all? : the logic and prevention of mass political murder. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010 9780691145945 |
| ISBN |
9781400834853 (electronic book) |
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1400834856 (electronic book) |
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9780691145945 (paperback) |
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0691145946 (paperback) |
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9780691092966 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0691092966 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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