Genocide and the politics of memory : studying death to preserve life / Herbert Hirsch.

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Hirsch, Herbert, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, �1995.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585027994
9780585027999
0807862053
9780807862056

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genocide and the politics of memory.DDC classification:

304.6/63 20

LOC classification:

HV6322.7 .H55 1995eb

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89.58

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Contents:

Politics, memory, and mass death -- Studying death -- Epilogue: Memory, hope, and triumph over evil.

Summary: A study into repetitions of large-scale human violence throughout history. It suggests that if we begin to understand how and why these episodes occur, we will be able to act to prevent them. To revise the politics of memory, proposals for essential reforms of the political state are made.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.

Politics, memory, and mass death -- Studying death -- Epilogue: Memory, hope, and triumph over evil.

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A study into repetitions of large-scale human violence throughout history. It suggests that if we begin to understand how and why these episodes occur, we will be able to act to prevent them. To revise the politics of memory, proposals for essential reforms of the political state are made.

English.

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