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Worse than war : Genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.

By: Goldhagen, Daniel JonahMaterial type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : PublicAffairs, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 658 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781586487690 (alk. paper); 1586487698 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Genocide -- Psychological aspects | Genocide -- Prevention | Racism -- Psychological aspects | Prejudices -- Psychological aspects | Hate -- Case studies | Group identity -- Case studies

Contents:

The choice ; Clarifying the issues. Eliminationism, not genocide ; Worse than war : our age of suffering ; Explaining eliminationist assaults. Why they begin ; How they are implemented ; Why the perpetrators act ; Why they end ; Modern eliminationist politics. Sources and patterns ; Thinking and acting ; Actual minds, actual words ; Changing the future. Prologue to the future ; What we can do.

Summary: A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Գրքեր/Books	Fundamental Scientific Library	General	И II/114550 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30 Days Loan		FL0176597

Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-628) and index.

A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.

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