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The Moral Vocabulary Of Violence, David L. G. Rice
The Moral Vocabulary Of Violence, David L. G. Rice
Human Rights & Human Welfare
What is at stake in labeling a particular incidence of large-scale violence “genocide”? Mahmood Mamdani rightly argues that “genocide” is an insufficient description of the conflict in Darfur. I would suggest that the problematic nature of that terminology goes back to its inception after World War II. Activists have inherited the concept of “genocide” from a particular historical moment. Now, “ genocide” carries unique moral weight in the discourse of international politics. When violence against civilians has been widely accepted as a necessary outcome of the preservation of peace, activists find it necessary to imagine a worse evil than the …
Turks, Armenians, And Genocide: Is Genocide Foreign To Foreign Policy?, Ibpp Editor
Turks, Armenians, And Genocide: Is Genocide Foreign To Foreign Policy?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes difficulties in forging foreign policy consensus on preventing, attenuating, or intervening to stop genocide.