Description
In this highly controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is and should be defined.
Rather than focusing solely on a narrow conception of genocide as direct mass-killing, through close empirical analysis of a number of under-discussed case studies - including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Australia and Alberta, Canada - the book reveals the key role played by settler colonialism, capitalism, finite resources and the ecological crisis in driving genocidal social death on a global scale.
Author: Damien Short
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06/15/2016
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781842779316
ISBN10: 1842779311
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology
About the Author
Damien Short is a reader in human rights at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He is director of the school's Human Rights Consortium and Extreme Energy Initiative and editor in chief of the International Journal of Human Rights.
Damien Short is a reader in human rights at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He is director of the school's Human Rights Consortium and Extreme Energy Initiative and editor in chief of the International Journal of Human Rights.