03591nam 2200733Ia 450 991045045270332120200520144314.097866127630521-282-76305-91-59875-009-7978052024178997814175452081-4175-4520-80-520-93794-50-520-24178-910.1525/9780520937949(CKB)1000000000024228(EBL)224495(OCoLC)70773655(SSID)ssj0000271654(PQKBManifestationID)11248195(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271654(PQKBWorkID)10293732(PQKB)10735767(MiAaPQ)EBC224495(MdBmJHUP)muse30371(DE-B1597)521153(OCoLC)1110714412(DE-B1597)9780520937949(Au-PeEL)EBL224495(CaPaEBR)ebr10068599(CaONFJC)MIL276305(EXLCZ)99100000000002422820040421d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy did they kill?[electronic resource] Cambodia in the shadow of genocide /Alex HintonBerkeley University of California Press20051 online resource (385 p.)California series in public anthropology ;11Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24179-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : in the shadow of genocide -- The prison without walls -- A head for an eye : Disproportionate Revenge -- Power, patronage, and suspicion -- In the shade of Pol Pot's umbrella -- The fire without smoke -- The DK social order -- Manufacturing difference -- The dark side of face and honor -- Conclusion : why people kill.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. Policies in Cambodia resulted in the deaths of over 1.7 million of that country's 8 million inhabitants-almost a quarter of the population--who perished from starvation, overwork, illness, malnutrition, and execution. Hinton considers this violence in light of a number of dynamics, including the ways in which difference is manufactured, how identity and meaning are constructed, and how emotionally resonant forms of cultural knowledge are incorporated into genocidal ideologies.California series in public anthropology ;11.Political atrocitiesCambodiaGenocideCambodiaCambodiaPolitics and government1975-1979Electronic books.Political atrocitiesGenocide959.604/2Hinton Alexander Laban889006MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450452703321Why did they kill2457413UNINA