Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide - The CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies - Jacques Semelin - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231142823 - August 17, 2007
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Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide - The CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies


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How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? This title demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each appalling phenomenon.


352 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 17, 2007
Original release date 2021
ISBN13 9780231142823
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 352
Dimensions 138 × 216 × 29 mm   ·   684 g
Language English  

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