ISBN:
9780520241787
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p.)
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology v.11
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology Ser v.11
Parallel Title:
Print version Why Did They Kill? : Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide
DDC:
304.663
Keywords:
Cambodia ; Politics and government ; 1975-1979
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Genocide ; Cambodia
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Political atrocities ; Cambodia
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds parallels between the Khmer Rouge and the Nazi regimes. P
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Timeline; List of Personages; Foreword; Introduction: In the Shadow of Genocide; PART ONE: THE PRISON WITHOUT WALLS; Preamble; 1. A Head for an Eye: Disproportionate Revenge; 2. Power, Patronage, and Suspicion; 3. In the Shade of Pol Pot's Umbrella; PART TWO: THE FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE; Preamble; 4. The DK Social Order; 5. Manufacturing Difference; 6. The Dark Side of Face and Honor; Conclusion: Why People Kill; Note on Transliteration; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
