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Colonial and modern genocide: explanations and categories.

Authors :
Palmer, Alison
Source :
Ethnic & Racial Studies; Jan1998, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p89-115, 27p
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Comparative and systematic analyses of genocide are rare. This article addresses theoretical questions of this most severe form of conflict. Its purpose is threefold. First, to outline factors whose conjuncture appears to be significant for a genocidal outcome in two colonial cases of genocide: Aborigines in Queensland, 1840-1897, and Hereros in South West Africa, 1884-1906. The second is to demonstrate that understanding genocides of colonialism is vital for understanding genocides more generally. The third is to show that differences between the two colonial cases suggest that colonial genocide is not a convincing category and to suggest that distinction between state and societal genocides is more useful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01419870
Volume :
21
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Ethnic & Racial Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
400185
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/014198798330115