Annihilating Difference
The Anthropology of Genocide
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2002
Book
Hardback
419 pages
978-0-520-23028-6 (ISBN)
Description
Genocide is one of the most pressing issues that confronts us today. Its death toll is staggering: over one hundred million dead. Because of their intimate experience in the communities where genocide takes place, anthropologists are uniquely positioned to explain how and why this mass annihilation occurs and the types of devastation genocide causes. This book collects together original essays on genocide, exploring a wide range of cases from an anthropological viewpoint, including Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Bosnia.
Reviews / Votes
"Many peoples of the world, including the Mayans in Guatemala, have been devastated and destroyed by genocide. Over many years these horrors remained only in the hearts and memory of the victims. The testimonies of the survivors who had the courage to denounce these crimes are making a contribution to scientific research. In Annihilating Difference, anthropologists grapple with an urgent public issue, taking new points of view that could help understand the magnitude of past atrocities and develop strategies to prevent future massacres in the heart of humanity."-Rigoberta Menchu Tum, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureateMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
11 b-w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-23028-6 (9780520230286)
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Persons
Alexander Laban Hinton is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. He is editor of Biocultural Approaches to the Emotions (1999) and Genocide: An Anthropological Reader (2001).
Content
I. Modernity's Edges: Genocide and Indigenous Peoples II. Essentializing Difference: Anthropologists in the Holocaust III. Annihilating Difference: Local Dimensions of Genocide IV. Genocide's Wake: Trauma, Memory, Coping, and Renewal V. Critical Reflections: Anthropology and the Study of Genocide