ISBN:
0691145946
,
9781400834853
,
9780691145945
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 268 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Why Not Kill Them All? : The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (New in Paper)
DDC:
304.663
Keywords:
Social conflict
;
Genocide Prevention
;
Conflict management
;
Genocide
Abstract:
Genocide, mass murder, massacres. The words themselves are chilling, evoking images of the slaughter of countless innocents. What dark impulses lurk in our minds that even today can justify the eradication of thousands and even millions of unarmed human beings caught in the crossfire of political, cultural, or ethnic hostilities? This question lies at the heart of Why Not Kill Them All? Cowritten by historical sociologist Daniel Chirot and psychologist Clark McCauley, the book goes beyond exploring the motives that have provided the psychological underpinnings for genocidal killings
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Are We Killers or Peacemakers?; CHAPTER ONE: Why Genocides? Are They Different Now Than in the Past?; The Four Main Motives Leading to Mass Political Murder; Are Modern Genocides and Ethnic Cleansings Different? Retribalization and the Modern State; CHAPTER TWO: The Psychological Foundations of Genocidal Killing; How to Get Ordinary People to Become Butchers; Organization; Emotional Appeals: Leaders and Followers; Essentializing Others; The Dangerous Similar Others; The Conditions of Genocide
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER THREE: Why Is Limited Warfare More Common Than Genocide?Weighing the Costs of Genocidal Conflicts; Limiting the Damage of Warfare; Exogamy: Making the Enemy Part of the Family; Establishing Codes of Warfare and Exchange to Limit Violence; Are Rules of Exogamy, Codes of Honor, and Potlatching Still Relevant?; The Mercantile Compulsion; Morality and Modesty: Rejecting Certitude; Yearning for Solutions; CHAPTER FOUR: Strategies to Decrease the Chances of Mass Political Murder in Our Time; State Policies That Reduce Hostility between Groups; Limiting Demands for Justice and Revenge
Description / Table of Contents:
Modest Solutions and Small-Scale Changes to Promote ToleranceThe Crucial Role of States in Promoting Peaceful Exchanges; Individual Rights and Pluralist Histories; CONCLUSION: Our Question Answered; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1515/9781400834853
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