Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide

Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide
ISBN-10
1783601701
ISBN-13
9781783601707
Category
Political Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2016-06-15
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd.
Author
Doctor Damien Short

Description

In this highly controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is and should be defined. Rather than focusing solely on a narrow conception of genocide as direct mass-killing, through close empirical analysis of a number of under-discussed case studies – including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Australia and Alberta, Canada – the book reveals the key role played by settler colonialism, capitalism, finite resources and the ecological crisis in driving genocidal social death on a global scale.

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