Studies in comparative genocide
By: edited by Levon Chorbajian and George Shirinian.
Contributors: Chorbajian, Levon.; Shirinian, George, 1949-
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Genocide -- Congresses; Genocide -- Case studies
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Many of the world's leading authorities from history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the twentieth century in this collection."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented at a conference held in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, 1995.
Table of contents: title: State power and genocidal intent : on the uses of genocide in the twentieth century / Roger W. Smith; title: Science, modernity and authorized terror : reconsidering the genocidal state / Irving L. Horowitz; title: Comparison of genocides / Yehuda Bauer; title: A conceptual method for examining the consequences of the Armenian genocide / Rouben P. Adalian; title: Philosophy of state-subject relations, Ottoman concepts of tyranny, and the demonization of subjects : conservative Ottomanism as a source of genocidal behavior, 1821-1918 / James J. Reid; title: The convergent roles of the state and a governmental party in the Armenian genocide / Vahakn N. Dadrian; title: The genocide of the Armenians and the silence of the Turks / Taner Akçam; title: Turkey : a cultural genocide / Anush Hovanissian; title: Testing theories brutally : Armenia (1915), Bosnia (1992) and Rwanda (1994) / Helen Fein; title: Pol Pot and Enver Pasha : a comparison of the Cambodian and Armenian genocides / Ben Kiernan; title: The Ukrainian famine of 1932-3 : the role of the Ukrainian diaspora in research and public discussion / Frank Sysyn; title: The psychology and politics of genocidal denial : a comparison of four case studies; title: Henry R. Huttenbach; title: Breaking the succession of evil / Franklin H. Littell; title: Preventing genocide : activating bystanders, helping victims heal, helping groups overcome hostility / Ervin Staub.