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UNINA9910779247403321 |
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Autore |
Powell Christopher John <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Barbaric civilization [[electronic resource] ] : a critical sociology of genocide / / Christopher Powell |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genocide |
Civilization, Western |
Critical theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-346) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A critical sociology of genocide -- Identifying genocide -- Closing the theory gap in the sociology of genocide -- Civilizing genocides and barbaric civilization -- Genocides of ideological others in Languedoc and Guatemala -- Genocides of colonized others in Tasmania and India -- Genocides of national others in the Ottoman empire and Rwanda. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A provocative analysis of how genocides result from the expansion of Western civilization. |
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