Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide

Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide
ISBN-10
1848135467
ISBN-13
9781848135468
Category
Political Science
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2016-06-15
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
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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