Worse than war
Subtitle: genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity
By: by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780316861298
Subjects: Genocide; Psychological aspects; Prevention; Racism; Prejudices; Group identity; Case studies; Hate crimes; Crime
Other titles: Genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity
Description: "Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that. Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly lays out the roots and motivations of mass slaughter, exploring such questions as: Why do genocides occur? What makes people willing to slaughter others? How do cultural beliefs justify genocide among groups of people? Why has the world been so ineffective in reducing the incidence of genocide? Based on his thoroughgoing reconceptualization of genocide, Goldhagen proposes novel, sensible, and effective measures to put an end to this scourge of humanity, which is worse, even, than war. With the unflinching moral and analytical clarity that he is internationally known for, Goldhagen leaves no stone unturned in this groundbreaking book that will not only transform our understanding of genocide, but every person and political leader who reads it."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published in the United States: Public affairs, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.
Table of contents: title: The choice; title: Clarifying the issues. Eliminationism, not genocide ; Worse than war : our age of suffering; title: Explaining eliminationist assaults. Why they begin ; How they are implemented ; Why the perpetrators act ; Why they end; title: Modern eliminationist politics. Sources and patterns ; Thinking and acting ; Actual minds, actual words; title: Changing the future. Prologue to the future ; What we can do.