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Why did they kill? [[electronic resource] ] : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide / / Alex Hinton



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Autore: Hinton Alexander Laban Visualizza persona
Titolo: Why did they kill? [[electronic resource] ] : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide / / Alex Hinton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina: 959.604/2
Soggetto topico: Political atrocities - Cambodia
Genocide - Cambodia
Soggetto geografico: Cambodia Politics and government 1975-1979
Soggetto non controllato: 1970s
anthropological analysis
anthropologists
anthropology
cambodia
cambodian culture
cambodian genocide
cultural knowledge
cultural studies
death toll
execution
genocidal ideologies
history of violence
human motivation
human psychology
human rights
illness
khmer rouge
malnutrition
mass murder
millions dead
nazi regime
nonfiction
origins of genocide
overwork
perceived differences
political movement
political violence
social analysis
southeast asia
starvation
violence
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Altri titoli varianti: Cambodia in the shadow of genocide
Titolo autorizzato: Why did they kill  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612763052
1-282-76305-9
1-59875-009-7
9780520241789
9781417545208
1-4175-4520-8
0-520-93794-5
0-520-24178-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783386503321
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Serie: California series in public anthropology ; ; 11.