Purify and destroy
Subtitle: the political uses of massacre and genocide
By: Jacques Sémelin ; translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch.
Series: CERI series in comparative politics and international studies; CERI series in comparative politics and international studies (London, England)
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781850658177
Subjects: Genocide -- Political aspects.
Work titles: Purifier et détruire.
Notes: First published in France in October 2005 by Editions du Seuil, Paris as 'Purifier et détruire: usages politiques des massacres et génocides'.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 384- 391) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: The imaginary constructs of social destructiveness; value: From inflammatory discourse to sacrificial violence; value: International context, war and the media; value: The dynamics of mass murder; value: The vertigo of impunity; value: The political uses of massacres and genocides; value: Conclusion: The "never again" refrain.